CP RECEIVES UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL

CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER  SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA EXTENDED THANKS TODAY TO UN  EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) FOR ITS  CONTINUOUS SUPPORT TO BAHRAIN’S COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SCHEME  AIMED AT  PRESERVING THE KINGDOM’S VALUABLE HERITAGE.

HE WAS SPEAKING AS HE RECEIVED AT SAFRIYA PALACE TODAY THE  ORGANIZATION’S  DIRECTOR GENERAL KOICHIRO MATSUURA AND HIS ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION.

EDUCATION MINISTER DR MAJID AL NUAIMI AND CULTURE AND INFORMATION  MINISTER SHAIKHA MAI BINT MOHAMMED AL KHALIFA ALSO ATTENDED.

SHAIKH SALMAN POINTED OUT THE NEED TO ACHIEVE A COMPREHENSIVE VISION  FOR  UNESCO’S ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.

WE ARE DRIVEN BY THE HOPE TO REVIVE  BAHRAIN’S DEEP-ROOTED HERITAGE ACCORDING TO AN EXQUISITE GRADATION FROM THE  DELMON AND MIDDLE AGE ERAS TO ISLAM, HE SAID.

HE LAUDED SHAIKHA MAI’S REMARKABLE EFFORTS IN PROTECTING THE KINGDOM’S  NATIONAL HERITAGE WHICH CULMINATED IN SUCCESS TO INCLUDE QALA’AT AL BAHRAIN  (BAHRAIN FORT) ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST IN 2005.

MATSUURA EXPRESSED DELIGHT OVER VISITING BAHRAIN COMMENDING THE KINGDOM’S  SUCCESS IN THE HERITAGE AND EDUCATION FIELDS.

HE ALSO STRESSED  UNESCO’S  KEENNESS TO FURTHER BOOST BAHRAIN’S OUTSTANDING HERITAGE.

HE  PRESENTED THE  CROWN PRINCE WITH A VALUABLE COMMEMORATIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL GIFT.

PRESENT AT THE MEETING WAS CROWN PRINCE COURT’S HEAD SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN  DAIJ AL KHALIFA.