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International organizations highly appreciate tolerance in Azerbaijan

26 April 2007 [13:35] - TODAY.AZ
"Tolerance – is one of the best Azerbaijan's aspects, your country can be an example for Europe as well," Council of Europe Secretary General's special representative on Azerbaijan told.

He said that religious and national tolerance has historical roots in Azerbaijan Europe highly appreciates this feature.

Head of OSCE Office in Baku Jose Luis Herrero Ansola told that the level of tolerance is very high in Azerbaijan.

"The level of tolerance is very high in your country, it is ahead of a number of countries for this feature," he said.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative in Azerbaijan William Tall told APA that Azerbaijan can take pride in the level of tolerance.

"But I think that Azerbaijan like other countries, including like US can work on this issue. We are working with refugees and have not yet received any complaints on intolerance," he said.

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