A delegation led by UNESCO Secretary General İrina Bokova visited the TURKSOY headquarters in Ankara.
Bokova got acquainted with the photo-exhibition featuring cooperation between UNESCO and TURKSOY.
Secretary General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOY) Dusen Kaseinov spoke of the successful results of cooperation between the two organizations, reminding the Novruz holiday festivities and concert arranged in UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the centennial ceremony dedicated to the Azerbaijani operetta “Arshin Mal Alan” ((The Cloth Peddler) by the renowned Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli, thanked for support to the fifth meeting of the National Commissions and Committees for UNESCO of TURKSOY member states held in Baku. The Secretary General noted that TURKSOY plans to hold special Novruz concerts dedicated to the 70th anniversary of UNESCO in March 2015 and the “Kitabi Dede Gorgud” symposium at the UNESCO headquarters in April 2015.
Irina Bokova praised the exhibition on cooperation of the two organizations, noting that a series of international actions are planned to be held in 2016 on the 20th anniversary of establishment of cooperation between UNESCO and TURKSOY .
The sides have noted that expansion of cooperation will be more fruitful in the coming years.
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