FM: Multiculturalism, tolerance - moral wealth of Azerbaijani people
By Trend
Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the delegation headed by John Shapiro, President of the American Jewish Committee, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's press service told Trend Feb. 25.
Elmar Mammadyarov noted that Azerbaijan is a place where the
representatives of different cultures and religions live together
in peace and harmony adding that multiculturalism and tolerance is
the moral wealth of the Azerbaijani people. Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan recently had hosted several
global events dedicated to the promotion of interreligious and
intercultural dialogues and in this regard the importance of
International Humanitarian Forum and Intercultural Dialogue Forum
held by the initiative of Azerbaijan was underlined.
The sides assessed the hosting of such events as the manifestation
of Azerbaijani contribution to the interreligious and
intercivilization dialogue.
At the meeting the sides expressed their satisfaction with the
development of cooperation relations between Azerbaijan and Israel
as well as the American Jewish Committee and other Jewish
organizations. Expressing their gratitude for the support and care
to the Jewish community in Azerbaijan the guests highly appreciated
the tolerance atmosphere in Azerbaijan.
At the meeting the sides also exchanged their views on the
development perspectives of cooperation.
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