Iran, Austria review ways to cement cultural ties

Iran's Book City Cultural Center is due to host a meeting between Austrian ambassador to Tehran and Iranian writers on Tuesday to discuss the two countries' cultural commonalities.The Book City Cultural Center is preparing a meeting in assessment of Iran-Austria ties regarding language and literature. The Austrian ambassador to Iran, an Austrian writer and two Iranian translators of German are due to attend the meeting, the Iranian book news agency reported. According to the information center of the Book City Center, the center has so far held various meetings for Iranian and foreign researchers and writers on a weekly basis to examine cultural relations between Iran and other countries regarding literature, philosophy and arts. This week, the meeting will be attended by Thomas Buchsbam, Austria's ambassador to Iran, Angelika Reitzer, Austrian writer, Ali Asghar Hadad and Ali Abdolahi, both translators of German texts.