Tehran, 20 November 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) -- Iran and Mexico will sign cooperation agreement for developing cultural heritage and tourism interactions between the two countries.

 

The agreement will be signed in the Mexican capital during the visit of Esfandiar Rahim Mashayi, president of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) to Mexico. During his visit, Rahim Mashayi will meet with Mexico’s ministers of tourism and culture to discuss the terms of cooperation in detail.

 

Announcing this news, Mohammad-Kazem Kholdi-Nasab, director of ICHTO’s International Department said: “The protocol of cooperation has already been submitted to the Mexican cultural heritage authorities and Mashayi’s visit to Mexico aims at expanding mutual cooperation between the two countries in different fields related to cultural heritage and tourism industry.”

 

History of cooperation in tourism-related fields between Iran and Mexico goes back to 7 years ago when the two countries decided to launch joint programs to improve their tourism industries. Iran is now intending to expand this cooperation further.

 

Mashayi who was accompanied by director of Iran’s National Museum, Mohammad Reza Kargar, left Tehran for Mexico City last night. They have both been invited to inaugurate the exhibition of 10,000 years of Persian art and civilization entitled “Iran, Symbol of Paradise” which had previously been postponed several times. The exhibition will soon open up to visitors in the Mexican capital, featuring about 400 Persian historical relics from the pre-Islamic period up to the Qajar dynastic era (1787-1921 AD).

 

 

Soudabeh Sadigh

foreigndesk@chn.ir