Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General (DG) of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), received Mr. Ibrahim Hadia Al-Majbari, the DG of the Libyan News Agency and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Celebrating Benghazi as Capital of Culture in the Islamic World. The two officials discussed several topics during the meeting, including the preparations for Dr. AlMalik’s visit to Tripoli to participate in the International Conference on the Holy Quran, as well as coordination regarding the programs and cultural events to be held during the Benghazi celebration.

During the meeting, held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at ICESCO headquarters in Rabat, Dr. AlMalik praised the depth of the partnership between the Organization and the State of Libya in the fields of education, science, and culture, reaffirming ICESCO’s keenness to enhance cooperation with all Libyan institutions concerned with the Organization’s scope of work.

ICESCO DG also outlined the key pillars of ICESCO’s new vision, emphasizing its focus on the development and modernization of the Organization to keep pace with the rapid global changes occurring across all fields, foreseeing the future and contributing to preparations made to face its challenges, and meet the aspirations, in the fields of education, science, and culture, of its Member States and Muslim communities worldwide.

For his part, Mr. Al-Majbari praised ICESCO’s distinguished efforts in its areas of expertise. He discussed the arrangements for the visit of ICESCO’s DG to Tripoli, at the beginning of upcoming May, to participate in the International Conference on the Holy Quran, as well as the necessary logistical arrangements for the launch of the celebration of Benghazi as capital of culture in the Islamic world, calling for strengthening cooperation between the Organization and the State of Libya to serve the interests of both sides.

Attending the meeting from ICESCO’s side were Dr. Mohamed Zinelabidine, Head of the Culture and Communication Sector, Ambassador Khalid Fathalrahman, Director of the Center for Civilizational Dialogue, and Dr. Ahmed Said Bah, Advisor to the General Directorate of the Organization