Irina Bokova, the newly appointed UNESCO director-general, visited Egypt on 5 December to attend the first meeting of the permanent Forum of Arab-African Dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights after being invited by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, president of the National Council for Human Rights.
Bokova met President Hosni Mubarak and Mrs Suzanne Mubarak in Sharm El-Sheikh where they discussed regional issues, including the mode and strategy of cooperation between Egypt and UNESCO.
Bokova also paid a visit to Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, her competitor during the UNESCO election. It was a very warm and friendly meeting. After 45 minutes of discussion, Bokova and Hosni told reporters that the next joint venture project between UNESCO and Egypt will be to construct an underwater museum on the Mediterranean sea-bed to display sunken treasures from ancient Alexandria.
Hosni said collaboration with UNESCO will continue on several projects, including the second and final phase of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in Fustat, Old Cairo, and the third phase of the Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking the Giza plateau.
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