First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva: Azerbaijan is recognized as one of the world’s centers of inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue

Baku, November 15, AZERTAC “We create international platforms to promote better understanding between people of different cultures and religions that would allow us to address more efficiently many serious problems that the world faces today. Our history and our today’s reality prove that this is possible,” said First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva as she addressed a reception held in Paris to introduce Baku`s bid to host the World Expo exhibition in 2025. “Just as one example, I can mention World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue initiated by Azerbaijan and supported by such international organizations as UN, UNESCO, Council of Europe, UN Alliance of Civilizations, World Tourism Organization and ISESCO.” “In line with this policy, we proclaimed 2016 as the Year of multiculturalism and 2017 as the Year of Islamic Solidarity in Azerbaijan. First European Games in 2015 and Fourth Islamic Solidarity Games held earlier this year have been Azerbaijan’s another contribution to dialogue between cultures,” the First Vice President added.