Tehran, Iran, June 19
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
The Republic of Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Iran Bunyad Huseynov met Iran’s Minister of Culture Ali Jannati to discuss bilateral issues of concern.
There are several cultural points that the two countries share, such as the poems of Iranian poet Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar in Azerbaijani and outstanding poet Nizami Ganjavi’s grave in Azerbaijan, Jannati said during the meeting, stressing the need for mutual investment on the common assets, the Ministry of Culture’s official website reported June 18.
The two countries enjoy the opportunity to work in various fields such as motion pictures, books, translation, and music, he stressed.
With respect to a cultural agreement between the two countries, it is necessary that they sign a cultural roadmap that outlines cooperation for a course of three years, Jannati underlined.
He added Tehran and Baku can join hands to improve the quality of the maintenance of their cultural sites.
For his part, the Azerbaijan’s ambassador noted that Iran and Azerbaijan can grab their many common grounds as an opportunity to start building relations, in the cultural sphere in particular.
“We consider no limits in our relations with Iran and are eager to expand our ties with the country,” Huseynov stated.
Iranian and Azerbaijani officials signed 11 Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Tehran Feb. 23.