Athens hosts meeting of Nizami Ganjavi International Center's board
By Nigar Orujova
The Board of Directors of Nizami Ganjavi International Center held their fifth meeting in the Acropolis Museum in Greece's capital, Athens.
The event was initiated by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis. Addressing the participants, she hailed the meeting as an important event in Greece.
The participants discussed the center's future activities and perspectives.
Participants in the event included former Latvian president, Co-Chair the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, President of Club de Madrid Vaira Vike-Freiberga, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Ismail Serageldin, former Romanian President Emil Constantinescu, and former Bulgarian President Petar Stoyanov and many others.
Nizami Ganjavi International Center based in Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, was established in September 2012 with the aim of increasing public awareness about the great works of Nizami Ganjavi and returning his masterpieces to the homeland. The center is also planning to further promote the values embodied in Ganjavi's works.
Nizami Ganjavi, the greatest representative of the Eastern Renaissance in 12th century displayed the quintessence of world literature and philosophy in his immortal work Khamsa (Five), via the aesthetic power of his art.
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