Azerbaijan hosts third international forum of dialogue between cultures

Azerbaijani ambassador to Egypt Shahin Abdullayev said that Baku will host on Monday the 3rd international forum of dialogue between cultures.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev along with officials from the UN, OIC and UNESCO will inaugurate the event, Abdullayev told MENA on Friday.

The two-day forum will take up sharing the culture for common security and means to face religious extremism, he said.

A roundtable meeting will be held under the Azerbaijani minister of culture and tourism under the rubric " culture and sustainable development after 2015 development agenda, he added.

Also, a number of workshops will be held on the role of art and heritage in cultural relations, he added.