UNESCO should not become a tool in the hands of one person – 2024-08-24 07:23:33 – 2024-08-24 07:23:34 – 2024-08-24 07:25:37

“UNESCO should not become a tool in the hands of one person or be reduced to the level of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of any country.”

Publika.az reports that Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Affairs of the Presidential Administration, said this during a meeting with the permanent representatives of the member states to UNESCO.

“We held broad and open discussions with permanent representatives/ambassadors of UNESCO member states in Baku. I informed my colleagues about Azerbaijan’s regional peace agenda and cultural diplomacy policy, as well as the destruction of our cultural and religious heritage by Armenia during the occupation.

Our general view was that UNESCO belongs to all of us and the entire international community. We must further protect and develop this organization,” he wrote on the “X” page.

We had broad and open discussions with the Permanent Representatives/Ambassadors of the member countries at UNESCO around the tea table in Baku.

I briefed my colleagues about Azerbaijan’s regional peace agenda and cultural diplomacy policy and the destruction of our… pic.twitter.com/xHXTxvV9KC

— Hikmet Hajiyev (@HikmetHajiyev) May 3, 2024