Riyadh, Jumada I 12, 1436, Mar 3, 2015, SPA -- The National Museum in Riyadh hosted yesterday the Saudi-Finnish symposium "Perspectives on the Cultural Heritage." The two-day event is organized by the museum in cooperation with the National Council of Antiquities, Finland, with the participation of a group of experts and specialists in the field of cultural heritage and preserving it. The Finnish ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Pekka Voutilainen expressed pride in the strength of the relationship between his country and the kingdom, thanking the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, represented by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, headed by Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, for building bridges of cultural communication between the peoples of the two countries. He pointed out that the symposium is part of the exchange of experiences and expertise in the field of national heritage protection and development program. --SPA 13:53 LOCAL TIME 10:53 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w