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Azerbaijan's Culture Minister deliveries speech at UNAOC Ministerial Group of Friends High-Level Meeting Forum

Adil Karimli, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan

27 November 2024 09:35 (UTC +04:00)

The 10th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) is being held in the Portuguese city of Cascais on November 26-27 under the theme "United in Peace: Restoring Trust, Reshaping the Future", APA reports.

This year's forum is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Civilizations.

After the opening ceremony of the forum on November 26, a High-Level Meeting of the UNAOC Ministerial Group of Friends was held under the theme "20 Years of Dialogue for the Sake of Humanity: Reflecting on the Lessons Learned and Paving the Way Forward".

Adil Karimli, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, made a speech at the meeting.

He stated that Azerbaijan, a multinational and multi-confessional country, makes great contributions to intercultural dialogue. Since 2011, the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue has been held in our country six times in partnership with the Alliance of Civilizations within the framework of the "Baku Process" initiated by President Ilham Aliyev in 2008.