World Heritage Conference to be held in Azerbaijan

By  Trend

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Deputy Director General of UNESCO Xing Qu on the margins of the VI Baku Humanitarian Forum, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement Oct. 25.

Minister Mammadyarov highly praised UNESCO’s role in development of science, education and intercultural dialogue and stressed the successful cooperation of Azerbaijan with the organization.

Conveying the best regards of the Director General Audrey Azoulay, the Deputy Director General underlined the importance given by UNESCO to the Baku Humanitarian Forum. He referred with satisfaction to the high level cooperation between UNESCO and Azerbaijan and the projects implemented by both sides.

The sides underlined the significant role of the World Heritage Conference to be organized next year in Azerbaijan in further development of relations. Both sides stressed the importance of increasing the efforts for implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.

The sides also had exchange of views over other issues of mutual interest.