Azerbaijan is committed to creating an international platform for mutual understanding and dialogue, the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan, head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva said at the meeting with spouses of the heads of diplomatic missions in Baku.
She noted that Azerbaijan has historically been a place where representatives of different cultures, nationalities and religions lived in peace and harmony. "Today in modern Azerbaijan, we are proud of the fact that our country is well known as one of the global centers for intercultural dialogue and multiculturalism. This year is very significant for us. A hundred years ago, the Azerbaijani people laid the foundation of the first parliamentary democratic republic in the Muslim world. Unfortunately, it existed only 23 months. However, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a number of important decisions, including the one on granting a right of voting to women. Today in modern Azerbaijan, we preserve the traditions of statehood, democracy and equality of rights," the First Vice-President of Azerbaijan said.
She pointed out that Azerbaijani women are very active in political, economic and social spheres. "Despite the difficulties that we faced after the restoration of independence, Azerbaijan managed to ensure its rapid development. We took the most important steps in the political, economic and social spheres. Today, Azerbaijan is implementing many large-scale projects in the spheres of infrastructure, energy and transport. These projects are significant not only for the region, but also for Europe," AzerTAc cited Mehriban Aliyeva as saying.
The first vice president noted that at a time of "numerous conflicts, wars, death of hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world, it is very important to demonstrate that the path to peace and prosperity lies through dialogue and mutual respect."
