Preparations for the 24th edition of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)’s Radio and TV Festival took centre stage at a working session which brought together Tuesday Minister of Cultural Affairs Hayet Guettat Guermazi and ASBU Director General Abdelrahim Suleiman.
The event, slated to be held next June, is dedicated to the Palestinian cause. A small task force in charge of arts and cultural programming, reads a ministry press release, will be set up.
The two officials praised the fruitful cooperation to ensure the successful conduct of this festival and discussed additional areas of cooperation, mainly the media support of events organised by the ministry (the Tunisian Song Festival, the Tunis International Book Fair, Carthage International Festival) in member Arab television and radio stations.
The Arab Radio and TV Festival shall be held, under an agreement signed by the ministry and the ASBU in February 2023, for three consecutive years in the host country, namely Tunisia.
The Arab Festival is i
ntended to promote radio and TV programmes.and display the latest technology innovations in audiovisual production.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse