TEHRAN – Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, who was attending the Iranian Cultural Festival in Tunisia, visited the president of the country, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, on Friday.
Jannati met with the president in the Carthage Palace, the presidential palace of Tunisia, during which they discussed expansion of bilateral cooperation, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Saturday.
They also discussed development of art and cultural ties. Tunisian Minister of Culture Mourad Sakli was also in attendance at the meeting.
Iranian Cultural Festival, inaugurated in the Tunisian capital city on Tuesday, is displaying a variety of Iranian handicrafts and artworks.
Culture ministers of the two countries signed an agreement on the publication of music on the first day of the program.
They also agreed on the translation and publication of Tunisian books into Persian and Persian books into Arabic.
Several centers in different cities of Tunisia such as Ennejma Ezzahra Palace in Sidi Bou Said, and the University of Sousse hosted Iran’s cultural festival for six days.
A variety of programs including music performances by the Bidel ensemble conducted by Hesameddin Seraj, an exhibition of calligraphy works with Quranic inscriptions, and film screenings were arranged for the festival, which ends today.
The festival was organized by ICRO in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
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