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PRESIDENT OF HEYDAR ALIYEV FOUNDATION MRS. MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA MEETS UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL KOICHIRO MATSUURA
Baku, March 19 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijan`s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, MP, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva has met Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura.
Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva said she is pleased to once again welcome Koichiro Matsuura in Azerbaijan. The Heydar Aliyev Foundation President thanked the UNESCO chief for accepting her invitation to attend “The World of Mugham” international festival.
Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva also touched upon the Azerbaijan-UNESCO cooperation, saying it had seen a considerable progress lately.
Koichiro Matsuura said he is pleased to be visiting Azerbaijan again. He praised the holding of the international mugham festival in Baku.
The meeting ended with the signing of a Cooperation agreement on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage between the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and UNESCO.
The document was signed by President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva and UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura.
In the agreement, both parties reiterated their intention to contribute - in a spirit of close cooperation and mutual assistance - to implementing the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. They also agreed to organize joint events in this regard.
Following the signing ceremony, Koichiro Matsuura presented Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva with UNESCO`s Silver Medal.
Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva said she is pleased to once again welcome Koichiro Matsuura in Azerbaijan. The Heydar Aliyev Foundation President thanked the UNESCO chief for accepting her invitation to attend “The World of Mugham” international festival.
Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva also touched upon the Azerbaijan-UNESCO cooperation, saying it had seen a considerable progress lately.
Koichiro Matsuura said he is pleased to be visiting Azerbaijan again. He praised the holding of the international mugham festival in Baku.
The meeting ended with the signing of a Cooperation agreement on Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage between the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and UNESCO.
The document was signed by President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva and UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura.
In the agreement, both parties reiterated their intention to contribute - in a spirit of close cooperation and mutual assistance - to implementing the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. They also agreed to organize joint events in this regard.
Following the signing ceremony, Koichiro Matsuura presented Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva with UNESCO`s Silver Medal.
