Deputy Minister of Culture Yiannis Toumazis participated in the deliberations of the UNESCO Mondiacult 2022 that took place late September in Mexico.
According to a press release issued on Tuesday, in his intervention, Toumazis noted the value of culture as the main component for sustainable development for the next generations, through the connection of heritage, modern creativity and technology.
During his stay, he held a series of meetings, including with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, Deputy Director General of UNESCO for Culture, Ernesto Renato Ottone Ramirez and his counterparts from Armenia and Jordan.
With the Minister of Culture of Armenia, Toumazis discussed the prospects of strengthening cultural cooperation between Cyprus and Armenia and cultural exchanges on an annual basis, while with his Jordanian counterpart he discussed the creation of a Mediterranean cultural network to promote the cultural cooperation of the countries of the region.
According to UNESCO, MONDIACULT 2022, the largest world conference devoted to culture in the last 40 years, brought together nearly 2,600 participants over three days in Mexico City. At UNESCO’s and Mexico’s invitation, 150 states sent delegations to the conference, 135 of them were represented at the highest level by ministers of culture.
Source: Cyprus News Agency