Azerbaijani FM Meets With President Of Turkish National Commission For UNESCO (PHOTO)
Date
12/8/2022 9:23:24 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 8 . The
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, met with the
President of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO Ocal Oguz,
who is in Azerbaijan to participate in an international conference
dedicated to the protection of cultural values and the role of
UNESCO conventions in this, trend reports.
During the meeting, the fraternal relations between
Azerbaijan and Turkiye were discussed, as were the issues of close
cooperation between the National Commissions for UNESCO of the two
countries. The importance of mutual support in the joint submission
of the common heritage of the Turkic world to UNESCO heritage lists
was also noted.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov noted that during the 30-year
Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, the cultural heritage of
Azerbaijan was systematically destroyed, looted, and appropriated.
He also spoke about the mine threat on the liberated territories
and its serious humanitarian consequences.
Moreover, the minister talked about the practical
measures taken by Azerbaijan in order to overcome the serious
consequences of the occupation, noting that all the cultural and
religious monuments are being restored and guarded, regardless of
their origin. He mentioned the fact that Azerbaijan repeatedly
informed UNESCO about the severe violations and illegal activity of
Armenia and raised the issue of the need to send a technical
mission to the liberated territories.
Ocal Oguz, in turn, spoke about the measures taken
jointly by the participant countries of the TURKSOY for the
preservation of intangible cultural heritage. He also congratulated
Azerbaijan on the occasion of the declaration of Shusha as the
'Cultural Capital of the Turkic World' for 2023. He noted that the
preservation of the cultural heritage of Azerbaijan, especially on
the liberated territories, is a shared responsibility of the
international community.
At the meeting, the sides exchanged views on joint
events to be held in the cultural capital of the Turkic world -
Shusha - in 2023, as well as on other issues of mutual
interest.
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