Fereydoun Mirzalou, director general of ICHTO's Department for Training and Support for Handicraft Production who attended the session, said “The annual meeting was supported by Malaysia’s Petronas (Malaysian oil and gas national company) which reveals the importance of crafts nowadays.”
He added that an encyclopedia of the region’s crafts is noteworthy which was suggested during the session and the members decided to launch a related website.
Talking about the 2016 session in Iran, he added “the significant event will indeed provide opportunities for our country’s crafts and tourism. Moreover Iran’s crafts can also be introduced to the world in a better way.”
