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September 3, 2015

President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva participates in the opening of the photo-exhibition “Azerbaijan – the country of tolerance”

On September 3, opening of the photo-exhibition named “Azerbaijan – the country of tolerance” by world-renowned photographer Reza Deghati took place in Paris with organizational support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. Azerbaijan’s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva and  Vice-president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the opening ceremony.

 

Speaking at the ceremony, mayor of the 1st Arrondissement of Paris Jean Francois Legaret said photos of Reza Deghati have always amazed art lovers. He noted that this exhibition has been dedicated to a very important topic – the topic of tolerance. Jean Francois Legaret thanked Mehriban Aliyeva for the support provided for the organization of the exhibition. 

 

Azerbaijan's Ambassador to France Elchin Amirbeyov underscored that this event would serve to strengthening of the relations between the two countries, and said Azerbaijan's First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva has always supported cultural events. Saying that Reza Deghati's photos displayed at this exhibition clearly demonstrated the tolerant environment dominating in Azerbaijan, Elchin Amirbeyov noted that Azerbaijan was located at the crossroads of civilizations, and this exhibition perfectly showed the relations existing between different religions in our country.


The world-renowned photographer thanked Mehriban Aliyeva for the attending the event. He said there is a place in this complex world where religions and peoples are living peacefully - this place is Azerbaijan. 

 

The organizer of the exhibition, Carla Aregoni, thanked Azerbaijan’s first lady for the support provided for the high-level organization of the exhibition, and everyone who contributed to it. 

 

Mehriban Aliyeva addressed the ceremony. She talked about the books of Reza Deghati dedicated to Azerbaijan, and stressed the significance of these books in terms of promoting our country. 

 

Well-known public and political figures of France, representatives of influential mass media, and art-lovers of Paris attended the exhibition’s opening ceremony.

 

Photos made by Reza Deghati in different years were displayed here. These photos acquaint visitors with the lifestyle and traditions of people related to different nationalities and religions living in Azerbaijan. Works by the well-known photographer at the exhibition show that different religious communities are living in Azerbaijan peacefully, respecting each other. One can see Azerbaijan’s nature, old traditions and daily life of common people on the photos. These photos bring to the attention of visitors the lifestyles in different regions of Azerbaijan, our historical places, and the contemporariness of our country with its old history. 


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