Italian cooking in Tyre to strengthen cultural exchange between UNIFIL and local communities

In collaboration with the Center for Development Services at the Ministry of Social Affairs, the UNIFIL Italian battalion organized a workshop on Italian cuisine in the southern city of Tyre which mainly targeted a number of women in the region. Commenting on the event, the Ministry’s Tyre sector director, Ghassan Abu Jahjah, said the course is beneficial to the locals as it helps them to better integrate with the UNIFIL forces operating in the area. One Italian officer in charge,  pointed out that the practical workshop organised by the office for military civil cooperation, comes as part of the ongoing cultural exchange between the people and Italian soldiers serving in UNIFIL. (Al Mustaqbal, January 23, 2016)