PARIS: The landmark exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris of pre-Islamic and Islamic treasures from the Kingdom was opened Tuesday by the Saudi and French foreign ministers, Prince Saud Al-Faisal and Bernard Kouchner.
Also present were Prince Sultan bin Salman, head of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) which jointly organized the exhibition with the Louvre; Prince Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh; Bahraini Minister of Culture Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa; French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand; and UNESCO Director-General Irina Bolkova.
