CULTURAL SOLIDARITY

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| 12:32:51 | 07-09-2005 | Culture |

“Culture and cultural policies for development” will be the main
theme of a meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the south Caucasian
countries held by the Council of Europe in Kyiv on 15 and 16 September
at the invitation of the Ukrainian authorities.

This is the 5th ministerial colloquy to be held as part of the
STAGE project, which is intended to promote cultural exchanges and
co-operation between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, assist them
in the development of their cultural policies and help strengthen
democracy in these countries.

Mykola Tomenko, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, and Maud de
Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe,
will open the colloquy.