General Manager of the Cultural Village Foundation, Professor Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti with Ambassador of Ghana to Qatar H E Dr. Emmanuel Enos at Katara.
Doha: The Ambassador of Ghana to Qatar H E Dr. Emmanuel Enos has indicated that Ghana will hold a cultural festival in partnership with Katara.
During a visit to Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), the Ambassador met with Professor Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, the General Manager of Katara. The Ambassador highlighted growth seen in Qatar-Ghana bilateral relations.
“Since the establishment of the embassy of Ghana in 2018, the relationship between the two countries has been moving from one higher level to another,” the Ghanaian envoy said in a video posted on Katara’s Twitter handle.
“I have come to see Prof. Khalid advancing plans about the cultural agenda we have this year. Hopefully, the Ghana Embassy, in collaboration with Prof. Khalid, will be hosting exhibitions and a cultural festival (Ghana Cultural Festival and Art Exhibition) from October to November,” he added.
Qatar-Ghana relations have witnessed significant growth recently, boosted by the recent visit of the Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to Ghana and the subsequent hosting of the Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo in Qatar.
Earlier this year, while delivering a keynote speech at the American University Forum, Dr. Enos had highlighted Africa’s rich cultural offerings, urging Qatari citizens and residents to visit the continent.
Ghana has been boosting its tourism potentials culminating in its 2019 hosting of the ‘Year of Return’ to mark 400 years of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Jamestown, Virginia. According to Ghana’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, about 1.1 million people arrived in Ghana in 2019, compared to 956,372 in 2018.
“The sky is the limit, and we believe that we have a lot to share and a lot in common in Qatar-Ghana relations. At present, Qatar Airways is flying to Ghana, and we hope that this will boost not only cultural relations but investments, in terms of people to people relations, tourism and at all levels of our corporation,” Dr. Enos said. Meanwhile, Katara General Manager also received the Ambassador of Somalia to Qatar, H E Abdul Razak Farah Ali. The meeting discussed enhancing cultural ties between Qatar and Somalia.
