{"id":1514,"date":"2020-05-08T11:13:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibulletin.ilisa.ir\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:13:16","slug":"tehran-baku-cultural-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibulletin.ilisa.ir\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"Tehran &#038; Baku Cultural Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Attended by Iran, the sixth Baku International Book Fair was held on September 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Ali Akhmedov, Prime Minister\u2019s deputy, Abulfas Garayev, Minister of Culture, and Karim Tahirov, Director of National Library of Azerbaijan Republic visited Iran\u2019s booth in this fair.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">In this visit, Khazaiee, the manager of Iran\u2019s booth, initially introduced Tehran International Book Fair and said, \u201cTehran International Book Fair is one of the greatest book fairs in the region in which more than 2000 domestic publishers and about 40 publishers from other countries attends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">The Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic announced satisfaction about Iran\u2019s participation in this course of Baku Book Fair and stated hopes that such cultural cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan would be extended more than ever.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Declaring His satisfaction about Iran\u2019s participation in the BIBF, the Director of Azerbaijan National Library said, \u201cI am interested in participating in Tehran International Book Fair and participation in the next Tehran Book Fair has been put atop agenda of my schedules.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Likewise the draft of a MOU between Tehran and Baku book fairs was prepared which was signed in the Frankfurt Book Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">125 publishers from 22 countries participated in this international fair, and Iran Cultural Fairs Institute and Cultural Counselor Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran were representatives of Iran in this fair. Participating for the second time in the BIBF, Iran presented more than 400 book titles on Persian language education, Iranology, Islamic-republic Art, children and young adults, which some of them have been translated into Azeri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Cultural Counselor Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Berlin, Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran to Budapest, Yazd City Council, Grant Plot Secretariat and some publishers, publishing guilds, the Literary agency were active in the Iran\u2019s national booth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level.<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Baku has wildly varying architecture, ranging from the Old City core to modern buildings and the spacious layout of Baku port. Many of the city\u2019s most impressive buildings were built during the early 20<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-3\">th<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-2\"> century, when architectural elements of the European styles were combined in eclectic style.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Baku has an original and unique appearance, earning it a reputation as the \u2018Paris of the East\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body-type---articles ParaOverride-2\" style=\"direction: ltr; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"CharOverride-2\">Baku joined UNESCO\u2019s Network of Creative Cities as a Design City on October 31, 2019 on the occasion of World Cities\u2019 Day.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attended by Iran, the sixth Baku International Book Fair was held on September 2019. 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