Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab visited Friday the Egyptian Academy of Arts in Rome, to praise the cultural role the academy plays in Rome, Al Bawaba News reported Saturday. Egyptian minister of culture Abdel Wahed Al Nabawy has expressed his appreciation the prime minister's visit, despite his busy schedule in Italy, saying that it approves Egypt's care about culture and arts at the present time. Egyptian Academy of Arts is the only Arab academy among 17 others in Rome, established in 1929 to spread Egyptian culture and arts in Europe.