Day: December 19, 2023

A new issue of the Japanese version of the “IRS” magazine, which plays an important role in disseminating Azerbaijani realities around the world, as well as promoting the country’s rich culture and art abroad, has been published, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting AzerTac.

The magazine features information about Azerbaijan’s natural landscapes, development of tourism sector, as well as historical monuments.

The edition highlights the history of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Japan.

The publication provides information about Armenia’s policy of aggression against Azerbaijan, which lasted for almost 30 years, as well as its severe consequences, atrocities committed against Azerbaijan’s historical, religious and cultural monuments, destruction of cities and villages.

The magazine also features articles highlighting the 44-day Patriotic War in the fall of 2020 carried out under the leadership of the President of Azerbaijan, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, and the restoration and reconstruction works currently underway in the economic regions of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur.

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The “Art Camp Karabakh” exhibition has opened as part of the Cultural Heritage Forum at the Gulustan Palace in Baku, displaying the works of artists and sculptors, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting AzerTac.

The exhibition features works by artists created during their visits to the liberated territories of Karabakh, which were organized by the Ministry of Culture. The exposition also includes the book album published by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in English highlighting the cultural heritage of Karabakh including the photos of historical and cultural sites located in the country’s liberated territories.

The paintings and samples of sculptures by artists Javanshir Mammadov, Samir Samadov, Kamran Asadov and others on Karabakh, Shusha and Victory aroused great interest among the visitors.

The exhibition also displays national applied-decorative art examples such as coppersmithing, art of jewelry, gurama (patchwork art), tazhib (art of illumination), balaban, and tekelduz (tambour embroidery).

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Colombia’s leading TV Channel NTN24, operating throughout the Americas, has broadcast an interview with Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov, who has recently visited the country, according to Azerbaijan in Focus, reporting AzerTac.

In his interview, Azerbaijani Deputy FM Elnur Mammadov provided detailed information about the current situation of and prospects for the development of Azerbaijan-Colombia relations, the process of normalization of relations with Armenia, as well as the destructive activities of France in the region.

Noting that Azerbaijan is interested in expanding cooperation with Colombia and other countries of Latin America, the deputy minister said that the political consultations held in Bogotá featured an exchange of views on the development of mutual cooperation in various areas, including humanitarian demining.

The Azerbaijani diplomat highlighted the massive contamination of the liberated territories with mines and other explosives, which remains the major challenge to the large-scale restoration and reconstruction works, as well as the safe return of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to their homes. He expressed hope that Colombia, which has extensive experience in this field, would show solidarity with Azerbaijan in the fight against mine threats.

Deputy FM Elnur Mammadov also provided insight into the new realities emerged in the region in the post-conflict period, the normalization of relations with Armenia and the peace agenda, negotiations on the final peace treaty, the factors determining the local anti-terrorist measures. He also spoke about the measures taken by the Azerbaijan government to reintegrate the Armenian population of Karabakh into the Azerbaijani society guaranteeing full protection of their rights and security.

Mammadov emphasized that the actions of France, which supplies Armenia with defensive and offensive weapons, do not serve peace in the region, urging France to refrain from destructive activities and not to provoke Armenia into a new war.

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