Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev offered to make weeks of culture of Azerbaijan and Iran annual.
He voiced the idea during a
meeting with the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran Seyed
Mohammad Hosseini.
He said that Azerbaijan
attaches great importance to relations with Iran.
"Our relations are based on common culture, history and morevalues. These
relationships should be developed ", said Garayev.
He noted that Azerbaijan
demonstrates much interest in the Week of Iranian Culture which opened in the
country. It is noteworthy that Iran's
Culture Week will take place not only in Baku
but also in Ganja. Additionally, cultural programs will be prepared in Kurdamir
and Hajigabul.
Thus, the Azerbaijani public will get directly acquainted with the cultural
programs of our Iranian friends", the minister said.
Garayev recalled his visit to Iran
last year as part of the Week of Azerbaijan and said that such activities
strengthen relations between the two countries.
In turn, Seyed Mohammad
Hosseini thanked the Azerbaijani colleague and said that the days of Iran to Azerbaijan will be successful.
"During the visit to Ganja, we visit the mausoleum of Nizami, since Nizami
is favored by Iranian people. We haverecently celebrated the birthday of
poet Shahriyar, and when studying the heritage of Nizami and Shahriyar, we see
how close the relations between our peoples are", said the Iranian
minister.
He supported the initiative of A. Garayev about the annual conduct of such
activities in Iran and Azerbaijan.
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