(MENAFN- The Peninsula) San Salvador: President of El Salvador, Sanchez Ceren, met at the Presidential Palace, withH E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Cultural Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar's candidate for the post of Director General at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
During the meeting, Qatar's candidate conveyed the greetings of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to the President of El Salvador, and best wishes of the Emir to the Salvadorian people for more progress and prosperity.
The President of El Salvador requested Dr Al Kawari to convey his greetings to the Emir, wishing him continued good health and happiness and the people of Qatar further development and prosperity.
HE Dr Al Kawari with Latin American ambassadors in San Salvador.
The Salvadorian President thanked Qatar and expressed his desire to develop relations with it in various fields, especially in the field of dialogue among civilisations. He welcomed Qatar's nomination of Dr Al Kawari for the post of Unesco Director General, stressing his country's support for the nomination, and looking forward to cooperating with him in areas of Unesco's work that are of interest to El Salvador, particularly education, environment and heritage.
He stressed that El Salvador will cooperate with the Qatari candidate in the future in addressing the great challenges facing Unesco. Dr Al Kawari thanked the President of El Salvador for the support and his clear vision of the Unesco mission, stressing that he will cooperate with the Caribbean and Latin states to perform his mission.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Hugo Martinez, who also met with Qatar's candidate in his office at the Foreign Ministry. The meeting dealt with bilateral relations and the vision of the Qatari candidate for the advancement of Unesco, and during which the Foreign Minister of El Salvador stressed his support for the Qatari candidate.
The Qatari candidate held meetings with El Salvadorian Minister of Education Carlos Canjura and Culture Secretary Silvia Regalado. Their meetings dealt with the issue of education and culture in the vision of the Qatari candidate.
Dr Al Kawari answered all the questions raised during the meeting, and the two officials declared their confidence in his vision, wishing him success and looking forward to cooperating with him in the future.
In a related context, Dr Al Kawari held, during his visit to the Republic of El Salvador, a panel discussion with Latin American ambassadors where he answered questions raised by the ambassadors.
The Qatari candidate is currently on a visit to El Salvador at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend the celebration of 25 years after the signing of a peace agreement ending the country's civil war.
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