Azerbaijan Elected Member Of UNWTO Executive Board (PHOTO)
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1. Azerbaijan was
elected a member of the Executive Board of the UN World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO) at the 68th meeting of the UNWTO European
Commission in Sofia, Bulgaria, Trend reports citing State tourism Agency.
Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Israel, Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic,
Italy, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan have submitted
their candidacies for the 5 vacant seats allocated for membership
in the European Region.
Of the 11 countries that put forward their candidacies, along
with Azerbaijan, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Bulgaria
became the winners.
Chairman of the State Tourism Agency Fuad Nagiyev speaking at
the meeting of the Executive Council, expressed gratitude to all
those who took part in the voting and noted that Azerbaijan, as
always, will give priority to an equal and fair approach.
The chairman of the agency said that since Azerbaijan became a
full member of the UN World Tourism Organization in 2001, the
country has expanded successful partnership and cooperation
relations with the member countries of the organization and will
contribute to the effectiveness of the Executive Council in its
future activities.
Nagiyev noted that the future of world tourism depends on the
joint implementation of the necessary measures.
The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to
Spain and Andorra, as well as the Permanent Representative to the
World Tourism Organization Ramiz Hasanov and the Ambassador of
Azerbaijan to Bulgaria Huseyn Huseynov.
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