On September 3, 2018, official opening ceremony of annual international «Embassy Festivals» was held at the cultural center «ARCUB» in Bucharest and the representatives of more than 70 diplomatic missions accretided in Romania, international organizations, ministries and agencies of Romania, romanian cultural community, loсal population and media participated in it.
The organizers of the festival are NGO «ESÇU Аssosiation», the representative office of UNESCO in Romania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania.
Romanian Vice Prime Minster in charge of the implementation of strategic partnership Ms. Ana Birchall, the representative of Romanian National Commission for UNESCO Ms. Iris Constantine and NGO «ESÇU Аssosiation» representative delivered speeches in the official opening ceremony.
The Embassy of Turkmenistan in Romania with its exhibition materials partiсipates in the festival and devotes its participation to the 27th anniversary of Independence of Turkmenistan and the year «Turkmenistan – the heart of the Great Silk Road». Hand-made carpets, national attires and musical instruments, applied art items and the books of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov as well as other reference books on Turkmenistan are put on exhibition in the pavilion of Turkmenistan.
This festival acquired popularity among population in Bucharest and city visitors. It is expected to have about 50 thousand visitors this year. The exhibition will continue its work until the 9th of September.
