Azerbaijani FM meets UNESCO Director-General

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, reported from the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

Jeyhun Bayramov congratulated Audrey Azoulay on her re-election as UNESCO Director-General. The minister noted that Azerbaijan is interested in effective and comprehensive cooperation with UNESCO, and the further development of bilateral relations as one of the important partners of the organization.

Bayramov touched upon relations in the fields of culture, education, social and humanitarian sciences and noted that Azerbaijan would continue its efforts to promote the organization's highest goals.

The contribution of official Baku to the promotion of intercultural and interreligious dialogue, tolerance, and multiculturalism within the framework of the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue, known as the "Baku Process" initiated by President Ilham Aliyev in 2008, was highlighted.

Besides, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov thanked the UNESCO Director-General for co-organizing the event dedicated to the 880th anniversary of the great Azerbaijani thinker and poet Nizami, organized at the UNESCO Headquarters.

In turn, Audrey Azoulay thanked Azerbaijan for its constant support and expressed interest in the further expansion of the growing relations.

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