Wadih Betty, the Republic of Iraq’s ambassador to France, declared on Thursday that Iraq has been selected director general of the Arab World Institute in Paris.
In a statement obtained by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), Betty stated that “the president of the institute, Jack Lang, signed the letter of assignment for Iraq’s candidate and the Council of the Arab League, poet and writer Shawqi Abdul Amir Al-Hamdani.” He cited “the tremendous efforts made by the Iraqi embassy in Paris, which culminated in reaching a full Arab consensus on the selection of Iraq’s candidate, under the continuous follow-up of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, and under the direct supervision of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.”
“Iraq receives the management of the Institute for the first time since its emergence in the eighties of the last century by former French President Jacques Chirac, which is supervised by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” he said, expressing gratitude to the Dean and members of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Paris for their trust in the Republic of Iraq’s candidate for this position.
The French Ministry of Culture awarded Shawqi Abdul Amir Al-Hamdani the Knight’s Order of Arts and Letters for 2023, and he is a cultural and literary figure with several books published in both Arabic and French, the speaker noted.
source/content: ina.iq (headline edited)
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