Egypt’s Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem met with South Sudan's Minister of Culture, Museums and National Heritage Nadia Arop on 22 February to discuss enhancing cultural and artistic exchange between the two countries. The meeting was attended by the assistant administrative attaché at the Embassy of South Sudan in Cairo, head of the General Organisation for Cultural Palaces Ahmed Awwad, head of the Cultural Development Fund Fathy Abdel-Wahab, head of the Foreign Cultural Relations Sector Souad Shawky, and head of the National Centre of Cinema Mohamed El-Basousi.