being prepared and the azerbaijani side announced its intentions, the minister of culture of azerbaijan anarchimov at a personal meeting with elizariev and handed him a medal . we have a historical first of all, it ties a lot of things we have. e common common stories common the traditions of culture in general, which brings our peoples even closer, so i think we must do everything to ensure that these ties that we have here are historically strong and friendly kind. neighborhood connections. they were further strengthened, including thanks to the legal framework of the agreement on cooperation in the field of culture and art. signed back in march 1996 . over the years, we have covered all areas bilaterally. not only we, but also azerbaijani representatives to us regularly participate in such international festivals in belarus like leaf fall slavianski bazaar vitebsk wreath of friendship belaya vezha yury bashmet festival has big plans for the 9th anniversary season. and now, in such serious negotiations, i would say, there are discussions of tours in the cis countries, and it turns out that in ge