The Serbian delegation is the guest of honor at the commemoration event of the National Day of Fighters in Algeria
On the occasion of the National Day of Revolution Fighters in Algeria, Minister of Veteran Affairs Laid Rebiga hosted a warm reception for Dr. Marija Aleksić, director of the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, whose visit to Algeria was organized with the aim of strengthening partnership relations and cooperation between the two countries in the field of culture.
The meeting discussed the possibilities of establishing cooperation between the Algerian National Museum of the Fighters of the Revolution and the Belgrade Museum of African Art and the implementation of a series of projects related to shared memory, exchange of experiences in museum management, organization of expert visits to familiarize with various modern museum practices and technologies, as well as the preparation of a special program to celebrate 70 years since the outbreak of the Algerian Revolution.
Minister Rebiga pointed out that the visit of the Serbian official to Algeria and the accompanying delegation “is of exceptional importance considering the privileged historical relations that unite these two countries, especially during the national liberation revolution.” Dr. Marija Aleksić expressed her satisfaction and gratitude for the opportunity to stay in Algeria with a team of collaborators, bearing in mind the depth of the relationship between our two countries established in the time of Zdravko Pečar, Yugoslav diplomat, war correspondent, researcher and writer, and later the founder of the Museum of African of art in Belgrade.
The delegation of the Museum of African Art, which, apart from Dr. Marija Aleksić, also includes curator Dr. Ana Knežević and assistant professor of the Faculty of Philosophy, Dr. Nemanja Radonjić, visited numerous museums in the cities of Algiers, Oran and Temušen, as well as other cultural monuments, historical and tourist sites.
Minister Laid Rebiga, together with the director of the museum, Dr. Marija Aleksić, planted a tree in front of the new rehabilitation center for veterans in Beni Saf as a symbol of Serbian-Algerian friendship and awarded her a special plaque in the name of gratitude for the help our country provided to Algeria during the war of independence.
