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Azerbaijan and the U.S. have discussed the promotion of inter-cultural and inter-ethnic dialogue, Azernews reports. The discussion took place during a meeting between Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov and U.S. Foundation for Ethnic Understanding President Mark Schnayer. “During the meeting with President of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding of the …

An Azerbaijani delegation has participated at the Festival of National Cultures held on the occasion of the 855th anniversary of the city of Gomel, Belarus. At the festival, the representatives of the “Congress of Azerbaijani Communities” of Belarus demonstrated the culture, traditions, and national cuisine of Azerbaijani people. The visitors …

Centuries-old Majlis-Uns literary circle is currently enjoying a remarkable revival in Azerbaijan’s cultural center, Azernews reports. Majlis-Uns is a literary circle that operated in the second half of the 19th century in the city of Shusha under the leadership of the poetess, daughter of the last Karabakh khan Khurshidbanu Natavan. …

Azerbaijan`s Minister of Defense, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has sent a letter of condolences to Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Turkiye Hulusi Akar, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense told AZERTAC. The letter says: “I am deeply saddened by the news of becoming Shehids and injury of servicemen of the …

Azerbaijan and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the sphere of competition, Azernews reports. The document was signed by the Azerbaijani State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control Head Mammad Abbasbeyli and Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service Head Maxim Shaskolsky. The memorandum was signed during the …

Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the prominent representatives of the Karabakh architecture school. He made a special contribution to the development of architecture of Karabakh. In buildings built by him, especially in the mosques the constructive elements of the eastern architecture were connected to local …

A delegation of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture has attended the 37th meeting of the Council for Cultural Cooperation of the CIS member states held under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan in the city of Nur-Sultan. As part of the visit, Chief of Staff of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture Vugar Mammadov met …