PARIS, Jan 16 (AFP) — French Culture Minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon will go to Iran this weekend to offer aid to help rebuild the historic citadel of Bam destroyed in last month’s deadly earthquake, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Aillagon’s visit to Bam “will allow him to get an update from the Iranian authorities on their needs and mark out the ways France can get involved in the reconstruction effort,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Herve Ladsous.