Beit Al Ajaib restoration discussed

MUSCAT: His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tareq al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture, on Monday received Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, Minister of Information, Tourism and Antiques in Zanzibar, who is currently visiting the Sultanate as per an invitation from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. The two sides discussed cooperation in the field of heritage particularly the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which is signed between the two sides. They also discussed the project of restoring the House of Wonders (Beit Al Ajaib) after obtaining the necessary approvals from Unesco as part of the Stone Town that is registered in the World Heritage List. The two sides also reviewed aspects related to the MoU that was signed on Monday with the National Records and Archives Authority. — ONA