Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser: Azerbaijan is a successful model of multiculturalism

Baku. 27 April. REPORT.AZ/ "Azerbaijan has chosen policy of multiculturalism due to its geographic location and ethnic diversity of the population."Report informs it was declared by UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser on the panel "Baku process: Responding to the new challenges of global intercultural dialogue" within the framework of VII Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in Baku.

The High Representative noted that Azerbaijan is a real success story of multiculturalism:"Azerbaijan is a model of how to successfully implement multiculturalism, and how we can learn it from the experience of this country."

He reminded that the Baku process on intercultural dialogue successfully implemented since 2008 and serves as a platform for discussion for many countries.

On December 2-3, 2008 in the capital of Azerbaijan hosted a conference of Culture Ministers of the Council of Europe member states, in which, on the initiative of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev laid the foundation of "Baku process" for intercultural dialogue and adopted Baku Declaration on intercultural dialogue.