The government announces monitoring. 13 billion dinars to support culture and arts, 19 June

 The government announces monitoring. 13 billion dinars to support culture and arts

Baghdad - Iraq Today:

Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani confirmed that his government has allocated more than 13 billion dinars to support culture and arts.

The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement that "Al-Sudani received a group of Iraqi plastic artists and sculptors on the occasion of Eid al-Adha."

Al-Sudani pointed out that "art has flourished historically in Iraq since ancient civilizations, and the cultural connection of plastic art has not been interrupted in subsequent eras, which is embodied in the important drawings left by the Iraqi artist," noting that "Iraqi plastic art is a pioneer in the Arab world, and this size and weight of artistic civilization makes the task of plastic artists and sculptors doubled, because they are the heirs of all civilizations makers in this land."

"The importance of establishing a museum of Iraqi plastic art in Baghdad," he said, noting that "Iraq has gone through stages in which the treasures of contemporary Iraqi art were looted, and we have worked to restore many of them."

He pointed out that "the government allocated 13 billion for various types of arts," stressing "the importance of holding conferences and cultural activities, because of the need of the cultural sector and in order to introduce the reality of Iraq, and the government will take care of them."

"At the request of the president of the Arab League, the Iraqi pavilion in the Arab League was awarded 15 paintings by Iraqi artists," he said.

The Prime Minister explained that "Iraq is on the right track at all levels, and the national service government has a clear picture based on a well-thought-out government program that represents an essential step to build trust between the political system and the people," stressing his approval of "a set of proposals submitted by the delegation of plastic artists and artists, regarding interest in plastic art, and its support by ministries and government institutions, and promised to form a committee to follow up on the requirements of the proposals and work to implement them."