[12/March/2010]

SANA'A, March 12 (Saba)- The Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs Bu-Bakr al-Akhzouri left Sana'a on Friday after taking part in activities launched to announce Tarim as the Capital of the Islamic Culture 2010.

The minister expressed to Saba his pleasure to see the cultural uplift in Tarim city, in particular, and Yemen, in general.

He considered the activities carried out in Tarim as matching the level of Yemen's history and civilization, making clear that the architecture, which Yemen is rich with, added extra aesthetic value for Yemen and made it a source of pride for all Arabs and Muslims.

The minister called for intensifying dialogue among Arab communities as well as with others in order to gain a remarkable position among nations and regain the Muslim contributions to the Islamic civilization.

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Saba