On February 18, 2015 Minister of Culture Monica Babuc had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to Moldova Mohammed bin Ali Mohammed Al-Maliki, where parties discussed about perspectives of bilateral cooperation development in the culture field.

At the beginning of the meeting, Monica Babuc thanked for the presence of Qatar official at cultural events that are organized in the Republic of Moldova, launching an invitation to participate at the jubilee edition of the International Music Festival "Mărțișor" which, traditionally, takes place during the first days of March. Therewith, Minister of Culture remarked the support accorded to the cultural exchange unfolding of our artists in the State of Qatar, noting the successful evolving at Doha of the instrumentalists ensemble and dance group of the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts from Chișinău.

In turn, Mohammed Al Maliki expressed plenary support at the development of joint cultural projects and actions on different tiers of the field, showing an interest in organization of evolving the Qatar artists in the Republic of Moldova and painting exhibition inauguration. Ambassador transmitted greeting from the Qatar Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawara, in the same time, launching an invitation to visit the state of Qatar in a convenient period for both parties.

During the talks, officials showed their mutual availability to expand cooperation in the culture field, mentioning the necessity to sign a new agreement in culture domain between the resort institutions of these two countries, fact that would intensify the implementation of concrete actions to support projects in various cultural fields.