Head of the Department of Europe Meets Head of Middle East and North Africa Department of the Foundation of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS)

Acting Head of the Department of Europe Tariq Adel Al-Shaher has met Dr Atligan, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation (KAS), and her accompanying delegation, Mr Gregor Yacke, Head of Iraq and Syria Office, Mr Simon Angelkis, Policy Adviser in the Middle East and North Africa Department, and Ms Maha Haddad, Director of Projects and Monitoring in the Iraq and Syria Office, at the Ministry’s headquarters.

During the meeting, they discussed a number of topics of common interest and ways to develop them, commending the possibility of cooperation with the Foundation regarding capacity-building measures for dialogue programmes, academic cooperation and research, as well as regarding the publications, most of which are related to social and economic development assistance in the state and the region to develop skills and organize special courses in the fields of diplomacy and politics for the employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to provide scholarships for the Ministry’s employees exclusively. Mr Ahmed Moayed Rashad, first secretary, in charge of Desk of German Affairs in the Western Europe Section has attended the meeting.