Mohammad Jafari Malek, Mohsen Shojakhani, and Ahmad Abdullapour, the president and vice presidents of the ACD Cultural and Tourism Coordination Center, met with Mr. Dr. Balram Shukla, the Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center of the Embassy of India in Tehran, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, and discussed mutual cooperation in different cultural fields.

In this meeting, the president and vice presidents of the ACD Cultural and Tourism Coordination Center gave detailed explanations about the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, its establishment process and its constituent members, its goals and programs, and the formation process of CCCACD to be in charge of coordination in areas of Culture and Tourism. They also informed Dr. Shuka about the 16 projects presented by Iran and the interaction between the Center and the former Ambassador of the Republic of India.

Having an advanced film industry (Bollywood) with an annual production of more than 900 films the Cultural Coordination Center made a suggestion to the Director of Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center for the formation of an Association/Association of Asian Cinema, which was welcomed by the Director the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of India who said he would discuss the matter with the Indian ambassador, H.E. Rudra Gaurav Shresth, to determine the ways and means of implementing the suggestion made.