28 July 2010
KUALA LUMPUR -- Kuwait's Oil Minister and Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Director General of Kuwait's Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah (DAI) Sheikha Hussa Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah arrived here Wednesday to inaugurate DAI's 'Treasury of the World' exhibition on Friday.
Sheikh Ahmad was received by Kuwait's Ambassador to Malaysia Monthir Al-Essa and his wife, Kuwait Embassy staff, Director General of the National Museums Department at the Malaysian Information and Culture Ministry Ibrahim Ismail, Malaysian government officials, and officials from Malaysia's Islamic Arts Museum.
Sheikha Hussa, who arrived earlier Wednesday, was received by Ismail, Kuwait's Deputy Charge de Affairs Hamad Al-Hazeem, DAI representative Osama Al-Balhan, and officials from Malaysia's Islamic Arts Museum.
Al-Essa will hold a banquet Thursday evening in the honor of Sheikh Ahmad and Sheikha Hussah.
The banquet will be attended by Malaysian officials and Kuwait Embassy staff.
Sheikh Ahmad will meet during the visit with Malaysian officials to discuss cooperation between their countries and will give a speech at the exhibition's opening ceremony, which will be attended by Malaysian Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah and the Queen.
Meanwhile, Sheikha Hussa will give a lecture on the exhibition's collection on Saturday.
Speaking to KUNA, Ismail praised Kuwait's efforts in presenting the Islamic history and heritage to other communities through the tour of the exhibition.
He expressed great gratitude to Sheikha Hussa for her efforts in preserving the collection, stressing that it was not easy to preserve antiquities.
The Malaysian government encourages hosting such exhibitions and is glad to cooperate with Kuwaiti bodies, he emphasized.
He expressed gratitude to Kuwait for choosing Malaysia as one of the tour's destinations, saying he hopes that cultural cooperation between his country and the Gulf state would increase.
The roving exhibition, which will conclude here on December 30, was held in grand museums in London, New York, Cleveland, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, the Kremlin, St Petersburg, and most recently in Singapore.
DAI held a previous exhibition in the Malaysian Islamic arts Museum upon its inauguration in 1999.
KUALA LUMPUR -- Kuwait's Oil Minister and Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Director General of Kuwait's Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyyah (DAI) Sheikha Hussa Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah arrived here Wednesday to inaugurate DAI's 'Treasury of the World' exhibition on Friday.
Sheikh Ahmad was received by Kuwait's Ambassador to Malaysia Monthir Al-Essa and his wife, Kuwait Embassy staff, Director General of the National Museums Department at the Malaysian Information and Culture Ministry Ibrahim Ismail, Malaysian government officials, and officials from Malaysia's Islamic Arts Museum.
Sheikha Hussa, who arrived earlier Wednesday, was received by Ismail, Kuwait's Deputy Charge de Affairs Hamad Al-Hazeem, DAI representative Osama Al-Balhan, and officials from Malaysia's Islamic Arts Museum.
Al-Essa will hold a banquet Thursday evening in the honor of Sheikh Ahmad and Sheikha Hussah.
The banquet will be attended by Malaysian officials and Kuwait Embassy staff.
Sheikh Ahmad will meet during the visit with Malaysian officials to discuss cooperation between their countries and will give a speech at the exhibition's opening ceremony, which will be attended by Malaysian Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah and the Queen.
Meanwhile, Sheikha Hussa will give a lecture on the exhibition's collection on Saturday.
Speaking to KUNA, Ismail praised Kuwait's efforts in presenting the Islamic history and heritage to other communities through the tour of the exhibition.
He expressed great gratitude to Sheikha Hussa for her efforts in preserving the collection, stressing that it was not easy to preserve antiquities.
The Malaysian government encourages hosting such exhibitions and is glad to cooperate with Kuwaiti bodies, he emphasized.
He expressed gratitude to Kuwait for choosing Malaysia as one of the tour's destinations, saying he hopes that cultural cooperation between his country and the Gulf state would increase.
The roving exhibition, which will conclude here on December 30, was held in grand museums in London, New York, Cleveland, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, the Kremlin, St Petersburg, and most recently in Singapore.
DAI held a previous exhibition in the Malaysian Islamic arts Museum upon its inauguration in 1999.
By Abdullah Bugis
© KUNA (Kuwait News Agency) 2010
