American presents for the Syrian ministry of culture

Minister of Culture Mahmoud al-Sayed on Monday received from Mrs. Margaret Scobey, US Ambassador to Syria, a present from the US Embassy in Damascus to the Syrian General Directorate of Archeology and Museums.

The present includes a collection of sophisticated digital cameras and used filming archeological sites and documenting them.

The Minister of Culture and the American Ambassador exchanged cordial speeches in which they stressed the Syrian-American good cultural relations in various cooperation fields, like the American excavation delegations, exchanging expertise, organizing ruins exhibitions in the U.S. to help the public get acquainted with the Syrian civilization and the originality of Syrian people's history.

The minister pointed out that this present comes in the framework of cultural cooperation between Syria and the United States to help develop the process of documentation of archeological sites and buildings, as well as filming archeological findings.