Tunis - KUNA
Kuwait\'s Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf is due to take part in the 21st conference of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) scheduled to start here on Saturday. Minister Al-Harjaf arrived at the airport, late on Thursday, and was received by Tunisian Minister of Education Abdellatif Abid, Kuwaiti ambassador to Tunisia Fahad Al-Awadi, embassy staff, Alecso Director-General Dr. Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ibn Ashour and senior officials of the organization. In a statement to KUNA, Al-Hajraf affirmed significance of meetings of the organization, namely its role for boosting pan-Arab cooperation, namely in the sectors of sciences, education and culture. For his part, the Tunisian minister stated that his country was pinning high hopes on boosting pan-Arab cooperation in the realms of education, culture, sciences, information and information technology.