Georgia, Tbilisi, May 8 / Trend N. Kirtzkhalia /
The renovated house-museum of Azerbaijani writer Mirza Fatali Akhundov has been opened in old part of Tbilisi. Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Minister of Culture Guram Odisharia, his Azerbaijani counterpart Abulfaz Garayev, president of SOCAR Rovnag Abdullayev, Azerbaijani ambassador to Georgia Azer Huseyn, etc. attended the opening ceremony.
The building was renovated with SOCAR's assistance.
Ivanishvili said that Georgia and Azerbaijan have great cultural ties rooted in history.
"Mirza Fatali Akhundov wrote his world-famous plays in Tbilisi and they were staged here," he said. "Tbilisi was the center of the Caucasus that period. The rapid growth of the cultural life was observed here. Our fraternal Azerbaijan was actively involved in it."
Odisharia said that Ahundov moved to Tbilisi when he was 21 and spent his adult life here, by creating his immortal works.
Before visiting the house-museum, the representatives of the Azerbaijani and Georgian Culture Ministries honored the memory of Mirza Fatali Akhundov in the Tbilisi Botanical Garden, where he was buried.