(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: The works of the sixth General Assembly Conference of the Global Public Diplomacy Network concluded yesterday in the presence of Darwish Ahmed Al Shebani, Secretary-General of the GPD Network on behalf of Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager Katara and President of the Global Public Diplomacy Network.
The general assembly saw the participation of delegations and representatives of 18 member states. The last sessions presented many new foreign cultural projects by the member states in the Network, as they discussed the creation of a group of international conferences and regional workshops related to public diplomacy, to be organised periodically, and suggested places to host them.
The sessions also covered the inclusion of specialised programs in public diplomacy working to launch initiatives that contribute to enhancing communication and the exchange of information and knowledge between countries.
Darwish Ahmed Al Shebani, Secretary-General of the GPD Network, expressed his happiness with the positive results achieved during Qatar's Presidency of the sixth general assembly conference of the GPD Network, indicating that Qatar succeeded in attracting 8 new countries after 8 months of its Presidency of the Network. He also said that Katara will work to move the Network towards achieving goals and aspirations, noting that culture is the best instrument for spreading peace between nations.
Al Shebani stressed that Katara will strive during the coming period under its presidency of the GDP Network to expand partnerships between the member states and promote its concept from the cultural and geographical framework to humanity.
For his part, Dr. Khaled Aba Al Zemat, Assistant Secretary-General of the GPD, expressed his pleasure with the achievements recorded by Qatar through Katara in public international diplomacy. 'Qatar also succeeded to attract new countries representing different continents of the world, he said.
Delegations and representatives of the members states participating in the 6th general assembly conference of the GPD Network 2020 organised between 20 to 22 January and chaired by the Cultural Village Foundation Katara. The conference highly evaluated the efforts of Qatar in supporting international public diplomacy, exchange of knowledge and connecting nations through culture, media, social-media and sport.
Among the achievements realised by Qatar during its term of presidency of the GPD Network through the Cultural Village Foundation Katara, is the launch of the official website of GPD Network in the 6th general assembly conference 2020 held in Katara.
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