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SCR held a consultative meeting with the Scandinavian ecclesiastical delegation

September 24, 2019

SDN

2019-09-24

The Scandinavian Council for Relations (SCR) held a consultative meeting with the Scandinavian ecclesiastical delegation of on Tuesday 2019-09-24. The meeting was in in order to expand their field of work and increase cooperation and exchange of experiences. The delegation of Scandinavian Council for Relations was attended by Mr. Anwar Al-Twaimi, Secretary General of the Council, Mr. Hussein Al-Daoudi, Chairman of the Council, and Mr. Karim Askari, External Relations Officer of the Council. The ecclesiastical delegation included representatives from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Ms. Steinar Iris, Senior Counselor of the Norwegian Church, Ms. Hanna Barth Hake, Director of the Norwegian Dialogue Office, and Mr. Torije Kristöfferson of the Norwegian Dialogue Office, while Sweden was represented by Ms. Sofia Noldin, a church official in Sweden. The participants stressed the importance of cooperation, dialogue, communication and the convergence of views, and the need for joint actions to serve our Scandinavian societies.