Great tempos of the Azerbaijan’s economic development enable to allocate large funds for implementation of social, cultural and educational programs, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated on 24 August at the meeting with the UNESCO delegation headed by the organization’s Director General Koishiro Matsuura, Trend reports.
Head of the Azerbaijan’s state stressed the significance of the UNESCO delegations’ visit to Baku, noting the successful implementation of a large number of joint projects.
В"I hope your visit will be a new impetus for the development of links between Azerbaijan and UNESCO, particularly, in the field of the cultural heritage protection., Ilham Aliyev noted, having expressed his gratitude to Matsuura for the decision to visit Azerbaijan
The UNESCO Director General, in his turn, thanked President Ilham Aliyev and the UNESCO Good Will Ambassador Mehriban Aliyeva for the invitation to Baku, underlying, large changes took place in the country for the last years.