Baku hosts Eastern Partnership Culture Programme`s “round table”
Baku, November 1 (AZERTAC). A “roundtable” meeting in the framework Eastern Partnership (EP) Culture Programme was held here.
Attending the opening of the round table, head of EP Culture Programme Regional Monitoring and Capacity Building Unit Luciano Gloor spoke of the aims of the program, noting the visit to Azerbaijan is important to establish relations among the state-participants of the project, determine priority areas of cultural heritage, art, cultural tourism, conduct exchange of views and information.
Speaking in the event, Head of Operations Section of the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan Frederico Berna noted that EU is the main investment and trade partner of Azerbaijan. He said that EP is one of the tools for establishing cultural cooperation and intensifying contacts between people.
Berna pointed out that the EU has implemented a number of programs in humanitarian sphere in Azerbaijan. Such projects were launched in 2010 in the framework of the EP.
Representative of Azerbaijan`s Culture and Tourism Ministry Yusif Eyvazzade said that the EP created new opportunities for the implementation of cultural projects in our country, noting a series of events during Polish EU Presidency had been carried out. He also expressed confidence that the election of Azerbaijan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council will contribute to expansion of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU at the international level.
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