"If our goal is a world in which peaceful coexistence reigns, cultural engagement on common ground is indispensable. Such encounters are possible especially in the Greater Mediterranean region allowing each culture to discover each other´s beliefs: Finland is one of the main actors in this process".
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20 October 2006
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) -
Category: Mediterranean Awards
Welcomed by president Michele Capasso, vice-president Caterina Arcidiacono, Claudio Azzolini, Wassyla Tamzali, and other members of the Fondazione Mediterraeno as well as by ministers plenipotentiary Cosimo Risi and Antonio D’Andria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Bedjaoui, with the Italian Ambassador to Algiers Gianfranco Verderame and the Algerian Ambassador to Italy Rachid Marif, received the “Mediterranean Diplomacy Award 2006” and the title of "Ambassador of the United States of the World".
Before arriving in Naples, the Algerian Minister had a friendly meeting with Giorgio Napolitano, President of Italy, who congratulated him on receiving the award and he spoke about the outstanding personalities who received it before him.
The awarding ceremony of the Mediterranean Media Award 2006 assigned to the Arab newspaper Dar Al Hayat, took place in the Aula Magna of the University of Naples Federico II, in the presence of chief editor Mr. Abdo Wazen.
The award ceremony of the "Mediterranean Prize for Culture 2006" took place in Algiers, in the presence of diplomats, journalists and "customers".
The Fondazione Mediterraneo-Maison de la Méditerranée – represented by its President Michele Capasso and its Vice President Caterina Arcidiacono - met in Tunis with Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa delivering him the Mediterranean Institutions Award 2006.