UAE ambassador attends cultural festival inauguration

Manama, Sep. 14 (BNA): Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Bahrain, Abdulrhida Abdullah Al Khoury, has praised Al Ayam Cultural Festival & Book Fair for its role in spreading cultural knowledge. The ambassador expressed his remarks today as he attended the inauguration of the festival's 24th edition in Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. He lauded the significant contribution of local, Gulf, Arab and international publishing houses in the book fair as indicative of its success as a fountain of cultural and intellectual knowledge gathering.