Basty, who at the outset of the meeting, welcomed the visit of Minister Iyad Madani to Tunisia, noting the depth of the Tunisian-Saudi relationships and the existing cultural cooperation between the two countries. At the outset of the meeting, the Minister of Culture and Information pointed out to the deep-rooted continuing cultural exchanges between the two countries and the role of the existing common elements in accelerating the pace of cultural communications. During the meeting, the two ministers discussed the aspects of cultural cooperation and ways of diversifying and developing them. Following the meeting, Madani briefed journalists that the two sides discussed all potential aspects for further cultural exchange between the two countries, stressing that such cooperation has existed since long time. The Minister of Culture and Information added that he briefed his host on the cultural developments in the Kingdom, suggesting that cooperation should not be confined to exchange of cultural events but also through exchange of cultural ideas and visions of innovators in the two countries in order to enrich the creative output in both countries. For his part, the Tunisian Minister said that "the meeting was a good opportunity to discuss many practical points to set up a program for cooperation in media areas", reviewing a defined ventures to achieve and enrich a qualitative addition in the field of joint cooperation.
