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KUWAIT, Nov 24 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Bahr Al-Uloom
said Sunday that cultural diplomacy plays a major role in fostering mutual
understanding and strengthening diplomatic relations with Kuwait.
"Iraq and Kuwait share the same history and their people have deep-rooted
relations," Ambassador Bahr Al-Uloom told KUNA on the sidelines of a seminar
co-organized by the Iraqi Embassy, the Iraqi House of Wisdom institution and
Kuwaiti Foundation of Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain's Prize for Poetic Creativity.
"Time has come to revive these relations," he added.
He unveiled recent significant progress in the cultural and artistic
cooperation between the two countries.
The Ambassador stated that the Iraqi House of Wisdom institution was keen
to participate in the currently held the 38th Kuwait Book Fair to strengthen
cultural relations with Kuwaiti peers such as Al-Babtain foundation.
He underlined that Iraq and Kuwait have made great strides in political
relations in the past two years.
"Now, time has come to develop cultural, social, economic, artistic and
sports relations to foster understanding and build more bridges between the
two nations," Bahr Al-Uloom said.
Earlier, Chairman of the Board of Trustees (House of Wisdom) Shamran
Al-Ajli delivered a lecture in which he shed lights on the history of House of
Wisdom and its role in spreading knowledge.
The House of Wisdom, founded in Baghdad, is considered one of the most
important intellectual centers established in Abbasid-era Baghdad, Iraq.
Scientists from all over the world flocked to it during the Islamic Golden Age.
At that time, Baghdad became the world's richest city and a centre of
intellectual development. Among the House of Wisdom's scholars was
Al-Khawarizmi, known as the father of algebra. (end)
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