COE ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON CONFERENCE OF COE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURE TO BE HELD IN BAKU

Baku, 27 November,(AzerTAj)The Council of Europe has issued a press release on the
upcoming conference of CoE ministers responsible for culture to be held in Baku on
December 2-3.

The press release runs: “Organized on the theme of “Intercultural dialogue as a
basis for peace and sustainable development in Europe and its neighboring regions”,
the conference forms a sequel to the publication in May 2008 of the Council of
Europe “White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue.”
According to the press release, the Baku Conference is the first ministerial level
encounter devoted to the practical follow-up to this crucial document and its
recommendations regarding culture and heritage. “It allows us to move from the
theory to the practice of dialogue. Intercultural dialogue is among the priorities
set by the Summit of Heads of State and Government in Warsaw (2005),” the Council of
Europe said.
At the invitation of the Azerbaijani authorities, the Conference gathers the 49
signatory States of the European Cultural Convention and the Ministers of certain
member states of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization
(ALECSO) and of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(ISESCO), the press release concludes.