Al-Abed visits the Libyan-Korean Center in Tripoli to review the departments that have been developed.Syria, Armenia to boost cultural cooperation

The Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation, Ali Al-Abed, today, Thursday, visited the Libyan-Korean Center in Tripoli to see the departments that have been developed and provided with modern equipment for the first time in Libya. The minister, accompanied by the South Korean ambassador to Libya, opened a new department for detecting car faults, supported by advanced training equipment with full support from Korea, in addition to new departments that include the fields of computers, welding, sewing, and plumbing. The Minister of Labor and Rehabilitation said after the opening of the Car Maintenance Department that this department has been developed and equipped with modern equipment and focuses on training job seekers and early detection of car breakdowns and maintenance. He added to the Libyan News Agency correspondent that the Ministry launched a program to train job seekers and integrate them into the private labor market out of the belief that development and training will give them job opportunities to i mprove their conditions and an appropriate income to provide them with a decent life. The Minister explained that during this visit he was briefed on other models of car engines and electrical connections pointing out that he discussed with the ambassador the possibility of opening branches of the center in the rest of the Libyan cities, east and south, to give the opportunity to young people seeking work in areas far from Tripoli for training and development, as well as to train trainers at the center to acquire technology and knowledge in this field. For his part, the Korean ambassador to Libya said that this center is a shining example of cooperation between Korea and Libya. In a statement to the Libyan News Agency, the ambassador expressed his hope to expand the capacity of this center and expand cooperation in the future. The minister was accompanied on this tour by a number of department directors in the ministry, experts at the center, and the director and teaching staff of the Libyan-Korean center . Source: Libyan News Agency Yerevan, Syrian Ambassador to Armenia, Nora Arissian, held discussions on Thursday with Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sport of the Republic of Armenia, Taneil Taneilian on boosting bilateral relations in the culture field. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the possibility of signing a memo of understanding between al-Assad Library and Armenian manuscripts House in addition to the potential of cooperating with the Opera National Academic Theatre. Taneilian, for his part, hailed the historic, social and civilizational relations between Syria and Armenia, stressing his country's interest to cooperate with Syria in the cultural field. Source: Syrian Arab News Agency