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KUANTAN, Jan 24 — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to start a cultural diplomacy programme by the middle of this year with the involvement of several embassies, says its minister, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah. At the initial stage, he suggested organising mini-film and documentary festivals to promote Malaysian culture on the international stage. “We start with small-scale projects, as we feel the mini festivals could be organised by our embassies as these do not involve big budgets. “Malaysia has many award-winning short films,” he told reporters after visiting the Pahang office of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (Motac),...
