Yemen, Japan discuss historical places conservation in Hadramout
The Source: www.sabanews.net - 12/2/2009
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Minister of Culture Mohammed al-Maflahi discussed here on Wednesday
with a Japanese cultural delegation the possibility of contributing to
conservation projects of historical places damaged by the heavy rains
which invaded Hadramout province last year.
During the
meeting, al-Maflahi briefed the delegation on the report of Culture
Ministry on counting the damaged archeological and historical places of
which their estimated cost of repairing and conservation projects is $6
million.
The minister praised the level of cultural activities
carried out by the Japanese embassy in Sana'a, pointing out the
specialty of cooperation ties between the two friendly countries and
the level of Japanese support to development projects in Yemen.
For
her part, official of International Cooperation in the Japanese Foreign
Ministry, head of the delegation, briefed the minister on the visit
program of delegation which consists of specialists in antiques and
geology field.
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