Handicrafts are the closest art to culture, civilization, national and religious identity among all arts/ By strengthening exports, all issues in the field of handicrafts will be solved.

According to Arya Heritage report, engineer Seyyed Ezzatullah Zarghami said in the meeting of tradesmen and handicraft exporters that was held this morning on Saturday, March 20, 1401 in Fajr Hall of the Ministry: Detailed and expert material was presented in this meeting, which meant a lot to me.

Referring to the continuation of such meetings, he added: handicrafts are the closest art to culture, civilization, national and religious identity among all arts, and handicraft artists are the best of our artists. No one can enter the craft without mastery.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, referring to the closeness of this art to national and religious values, considered it pure and continued: Important capacities were raised by those present in this meeting, the use of which can be effective.

He called the export of handicrafts as the key to all issues related to this field and continued: By strengthening exports, all issues will be solved and exporters will enter the field to solve the problems of handicrafts.

Engineer Zarghami said about the high cost of packaging handicrafts: “In the world, it costs money for packaging.” This area is very important for which there should be investment and creativity.

Referring to the importance of identifying target markets and foreign customers’ tastes, the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts continued: Exporters should identify these tastes and mobilize production departments throughout the year.

The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts stated: If the exporter does his job correctly, the production sector will prosper and other problems will be solved.

Engineer Zarghami pointed to the formation of relevant committees to solve the problems and added: If the system framework of our problems is determined, the work will be divided. Some of the work should be done by the private sector and it has nothing to do with us, and some of the work should be done by the government.

Important governance measures of the ministry in the field of handicrafts

The approval of the cancellation of foreign exchange contracting as one of the permanent notes of the parliament, the approval of the recognition of handicrafts in the quota of industrial towns, the approval of the artistic assessment of handicraft artists by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, as well as the approval of the quota of ten thousand one-way insurance for handicraft artists from the president were among the important works of governance. which engineer Zarghami mentioned.

Referring to the eleven works done in this field, he continued: We are still at the beginning, I look at handicrafts as a project that must be completed. We have to solve a problem for you in these four years. You are here to stay and help us along the way.

Using the tastes of the youth to design the product while preserving the originality was one of the other points mentioned by the Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts in this meeting.