The Saudi Assistant Minister of Culture, Rakan bin Ibrahim Al-Touq, held on Saturday separate meetings with Assistant Director-General for Culture of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Ernesto Ottone Ramirez and Deputy Russian Minister of Culture Sergey Obryvalin in the Indian city of Varanasi. The two meetings were held during the Saudi Assistant Minister’s official visit to India to represent the Kingdom at the G20 Cultural Ministers' meeting, held within India's G20 Presidency 2023.
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