The First Saudi-French seminar on "Civilizations Dialogue," organized by King Saud University in cooperation with the Saudi Cultural Office in Paris under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, concluded today its three-day deliberations at King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Saeed Al-Saeed, the Dean of the Faculty of tourism and antiquities and the seminar's general supervisor, said the participants of the seminar had reiterated the importance of enhancing common factors between the Arab and French civilizations as well as establishing strong relations based on fraternity and mutual respect. Dr al-Saeed said the recommendations of the seminar have underscored the importance of preparation of a suitable environment for dialogue and cooperation. The seminar also called for confronting the phenomenon of fanaticism in all its forms and urged the research centers at the universities to conduct studies and researches that deepen the common human values as well as the culture of dialogue and tolerance as well as facilitate the participation of the Saudi and French academicians in activation of dialogue and its means. --MORE
