探花直播Ambassadors of 12 member countries of the Arab League visited the 探花直播 this week on a fact-finding mission.

They were welcomed at the Faculty of Middle Eastern and Asian Studies by Professor Yasir Suleiman,听His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa鈥檌d听Professor of Modern Arabic Studies.

Following a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, at which they discussed ways to encourage more students from the Arab League countries to apply to Cambridge, they attended a lunch at Corpus Christi College hosted by the Master, Stuart Laing, the former Ambassador to Kuwait, and his wife Sibella.

In the afternoon the delegation was welcomed to the 探花直播 Library by Librarian Anne Jarvis to view examples of the extensive collection of Islamic and Middle Eastern manuscripts.

Their day ended with a trip to the West Cambridge Site, the 探花直播鈥檚 developing science and technology campus, to visit the Institute for Manufacturing which has recently moved into a brand new state of the art 拢15 million building there. 探花直播Ambassadors were briefed on the work of the IfM.

An Arab League spokesman said: 鈥 探花直播Arab Ambassadors鈥 Council were honoured to visit the 探花直播 of Cambridge on Monday 6th July 09 and to congratulate the university for its 800 year history and its reputation as a great pillar for education in the world. 探花直播Council had a great and successful visit, where issues of mutual interest were discussed.鈥

Countries represented on the visit were Kuwait, Oman, Syria, Qatar, Algeria, Yemen, Sudan, Lebanon, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

探花直播Arab League, officially called the League of Arab States, is a regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa. It was formed in Cairo on March 22, 1945.

探花直播main goal of the league is to "draw closer the relations between member States and co-ordinate collaboration between them, to safeguard their independence and sovereignty, and to consider in a general way the affairs and interests of the Arab countries."

探花直播picture shows the Vice-Chancellor exchanging gifts with His Excellency Mr Khalid Duwaisan GCVO, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, who led the delegation, watched by Her Excellency Mrs Inaam Osseiran, Ambassador of Lebanon.

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