Arab Week is inaugurated at Mexico's Senate
The inauguration was attended by Mexican Senators as well as Ambassadors from several Arab countries. (Photo: Giselle Rodríguez / EL UNIVERSAL )
The
"Arab Week", an event organized by the Asia-Pacific Foreign Affairs
Committee, was inaugurated today at Mexico's Senate on occasion of the 70th.
Anniversary of the Arab League.
Senate President Miguel
Barbosa Huerta, Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto de Icaza, and Sen. Teófilo Torres Corzo, chairman of
the Asia-Pacific
Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed His Excellency Mr. Sameeh Essa
Johar Hayat, Ambassador of Kuwait to Mexico and Dean of the Council of Arab
Ambassadors, as well as the Ambassadors
of Morocco, Palestine, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Egypt, Algeria, Jordan and the
Chargés d'Affaires of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who
also attended the event.
In his
speech, Senator Torres talked about the Arab heritage in Mexican culture and
added that the relation with the Arab world is of utmost
importance for Mexico, while H.E. Sameeh Essa Johar Hayat invited President Enrique Peña Nieto to visit the region and reiterated Kuwait's interest in collaborating in mutually beneficial projects.
The Arab
Week includes a photo exhibition and a series of conferences on April 8 about
the economic, tourist, cultural and investment relationship between Mexico
and the Arab countries, and about Palestine and peace in the Middle
East.
On April 9
five Arab films will be exhibited at the Senate, such as "Etz Limon",
"The Color of Olives" and "Caramel". The event is public
and free, but registration at the Senate's Asia Pacific Commission is
mandatory.
Nour Marruecos, an ensemble directed by Moroccan musician Hicham Billouch, participated in the inauguration accompanied by Giselle Habibi, a Mexican belly dancer and singing student, Antón Sankiem and his dabke troupe and darbuka player José Elías.