Azeri culture minister to visit Russia

Azerbaijani Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfaz Garayev will visit Russia on Thursday.

The outcomes of the Year of Russia in Azerbaijan held in 2006 will be in focus during the four-day visit to be paid at the invitation of the head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography Mikhail Shvidkoy. A plan on cooperation for 2007-2008 will be signed in conclusion of the talks, the ministry told AssA-Irada.

Garayev will meet with the Russian Minister of Culture and Mass Communication Aleksandr Sokolov, the head of the Federal Agency for Tourism Vladimir Strzhalkovski and other officials.*