Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and Prof. Dr. Sheref Atesh during the MoC signing.
DOHA: The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) yesterday signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Global Public Diplomacy Network (GPDN) to enhance cultural exchange between Katara and the network.
Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara, signed the agreement with Prof. Dr. Sheref Atesh, President of Yunus Emre Institute and President of GPDN, in the presence of Darweesh Ahmed Al Sheebani, Head of Marketing Department at Katara and acting Katara Cultural Affairs Director, in addition to a Turkish delegation and media representatives.
Dr. Al Sulaiti expressed his gratitude and happiness on signing this agreement which aims to promote Katara in the field of international cultural diplomacy and enhance cultural exchange between Katara and GPDN through implementation of bilateral projects and support of joint programmes.
“Katara has achieved a lot in the field of cultural diplomacy especially within its diversified cultural programmes which promotes the values of tolerance and co-existence,” Dr. Al Sulaiti added.
He highlighted the importance of such cooperation which enables more interaction between people and supports relations between countries and different societies. “Cultural diplomacy has great impact on people as a “soft power” that strengthens peace around the world, as well as to create mutual grounds between people to overcome any issues or struggles,” Dr. Al Sulaiti explained.
Dr. Atesh said that the agreement includes cooperation in all areas of public diplomacy, to promote the concept of cultural exchange between Qatar and Turkey through joint projects that recognise the originality of the cultures of Qatar and Turkey and provide the world with the best image.
