On Monday 16 September 2024, the General Director of Syriac Culture and Arts, Kaldo Ramzi Oghanna, and Syriac Heritage and Museum Director Bernard Youssef, received a delegation from the US Embassy in Baghdad at the Syriac Museum building in Ankawa District Centre. This was accompanied by the Public Affairs Officer at the US Consulate General in Erbil, Kim Strollo.
The delegation toured the museum’s halls and was briefed on the progress made in the projects implemented by it in cooperation with the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The delegation members expressed their admiration for the work accomplished by the museum’s management, especially in the project “Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Minorities in Iraq” sponsored by (USAID), in order to archive the Syriac heritage and make it available to researchers.
The US Embassy delegation included its Public Affairs Officers Andy Halus and Will Ostick.
