Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Ilhamgizi / In 2009, Azerbaijan will become the culture capital of the Islamic countries. Azerbaijan after uniting the different cultures will host the several international events, Abulfas Garayev, the Azerbaijan Minister for Culture and Tourism, stated at the presentation ceremony of the website on the Information Observatory on the culture policy of the GUAM countries, on 19 December.
The minister said that, in 2009 Azerbaijan will host huge event like the First international forum of culture specialists, the International theater festival, the Festival of the tourist films, as well as the opening of the biggest Carpet Museum.
"We would like Europeans to visit Azerbaijan, which will become an Islamic capital by that period," Garayev said.