Minister of Culture, Ghattas Khoury, began Saturday a visit to France, where he will be participating in the opening of the 39th session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris.

On the sidelines of the Conference, Khoury visited the headquarters of the Arab World Institute in Paris currently holding the "Christians of the East" exhibiiton, which includes icons and rare paintings and treasures of the National Museum in Lebanon.

The Culture Minister also attended the "For You Baalbeck" Show, previously hosted in Baalbeck two years ago on the 60th commemoration of the Baalbeck International Festivals foundation, in the presence of the Festivals Committee Head, Nayla de Freij, and a large crowd of diplomatic, social and cultural figures

Source: NNA