A week for Tunisian culture and art in Egypt

There will be a week for culture and art within the three-day Tunisian - Egyptian high joint committee's meetings, beginning on Tuesday, under Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri and his Tunisian counterpart Hamed Karoui.

The commitee's meetings will examine practical steps taken by experts from the two countries to establish a joint free trade zone and evaluate implementation of the agreements reached by the committee in its session last year in Tunis.

Karoui will also hold talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak over the dispute between Iraq and the United Nations.

Within cultural relations between the two countries, Farouk Hosni, the Egyptian minister of culture, and his Tunisian counterpart Abdel Baki Hermassi on Wednesday will discuss fields of technical and cultural cooperation.

Meanwhile, Mohammed Ghoniem, the Egyptian Culture Ministry's undersecretary for foreign affairs, said there will be a Tunisian week including expositions of modern plastic arts at the Hanager Arts Center on Wednesday, then an evening of Tunisian music and song in the Great Theater of the Cairo Opera House in which the Tunisian Taniet group will participate on Thursday.