COE TO REALIZE SERIES OF PROJECTS IN AZERBAIJAN FOR DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
Author: S.Agayeva

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Aug. 29, 2006

The Council of Europe (CE) intends to implement a series of projects
in Azerbaijan directed towards developing intercultural dialogue,
the representative of the CE Department on Protection of Cultural
Heritage Fransuaza Kondol told on August 29 in Baku during the
presentation of the project of tourism route "Aleksandr Duma in
Caucasus", Trend reports.

The project has been created with the initiative of the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan and supported by the CE Supervisory
Cultural Committee. Both sides consider that the project will serve
mutual understanding and mutual support between nations, development
of intercultural dialogue, as well as propaganda of the cultural
heritage of Caucasian nations.

Azerbaijan is interested in further development of the co-operation
with CE in the protection of cultural heritage, development of
intercultural dialogue with European nations, Deputy Minister of
Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Sevda Mammadaliyeva said during the
presentation. In her opinion, this project will open the Caucasian
culture to Europe.

Also, the Deputy Minister voiced her concerns about the existence
of many military conflicts in Caucasus. She stressed that the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the territory of Azerbaijan and the
separatist conflicts in the Georgian territory impose serious obstacles
for the realization of such projects.

Besides, the presentation was attended by the representatives of the
Ministries of Culture and Tourism of Georgia, Dagestan, as well as
cultural attaches of the Russian and French Embassies in Azerbaijan.