22 Oct Visit of the Georgian Ambassador to the DICID
Dr. Ibrahim Al Naimi, Chairman of the International Center for Interfaith Dialogue received the Georgian Ambassador to Doha, H.E. Mr. Nikoloz Revazishvili in his office, at the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID ) on 16 October 2019.
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Naimi, welcomed the Georgian Ambassador and briefed him the on the forthcoming 14th Doha Interfaith Conference, stressing that invitation were sent to all foreign diplomatic representation in Qatar and Qatari Embassies abroad.
The Georgian Ambassador, praised the DICID’s Chairman and staff for the for the 14th Doha Interfaith Conference preparations, dealing with the important topic Religion and Hate Speech …Practice and Scriptures” and informed that a delegation from his country will participle in that event.
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Naimi for his part, presented a short overview about the DICID’s activities covering, local as well international event. At the local level, the DICID has been regularly organizing training courses for students and teachers for independent and private schools to empower their students on dialogue and communication skills, in addition to lectures and Roundtables targeting communities residing in Qatar . The Center also produces a number of publication such as the interfaith specialized journal “Adyan”, and Newsletters.
The Georgian Ambassador gave , for his part, an brief view of the interreligious dialogue experience, from his country, where coexists a diversity of ethnics and religious beliefs , including Christians and Muslims Jews . The Georgian Constitution has guaranteed religious freedom and tolerance for all communities. The ambassador hoped to collaborate with the DICID, and embody Georgia and Qatar common interfaith experience through joint initiatives.
For his part, Dr. Ibrahim stressed the commitment of the Center to enhance cooperation with the various parties in Georgia to achieve larger representation of the cultural and religious diversity in the country and thanked the Ambassador for his collaboration, and particularly support to the forthcoming Doha Conference. He also hoped that the cooperation will extend to a partnership through which the institutions of both sides can benefit from the exchange of experiences and support joint initiatives and projects aimed at empowering and developing local and civic communities.
At the end of the meeting, the two sides agreed on coordination and follow-up to reach the implementation of the points dealt with during the meeting.
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