Date : 04/08/2008
ASILAH, Northern Morocco, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- Moroccan Monarch King Mohammed VI
on Sunday said that selection of the logo "Alliance of Civilizations" for the
first seminar of the 30th Asilah Cultural Festival reflected keenness of
high-ranking intellectuals and politicians in ways of countering the danger of
terrorism and faked hypothesis of cash of civilizations.
This came in the King's speech before the the opening of the 30th Asilah
Cultural Festival with the participation of Kuwaiti figures including
Ambassador Salah AL-Buaijan.
King Mohammed said that his country continues to be a bridge between
different cultures and a model for the interaction of successive civilizations.
He stressed in his message, read by his advisor Muhammad Mutasim, that
history has proven that open-handed Morocco has contributed to enabling this
fabric of civilization, which he described as "fruitful and creative" to move
through various channels to Europe, Africa and Latin America.
He explained in his letter that his country was at the forefront of
contributors to the United Nations Special Summit of the Alliance of
Civilizations which it has strongly supported. (end)
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