"This international event has great importance and we are proud that Azerbaijan hosts this significant event for the second time," the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has said it at the 2nd Baku Summit of World Religious Leaders, Eurasia Diary reports citing APA.
Mr. President emphasized that this once again shows that Azerbaijan plays an important role in the development of interreligious dialogue and will continue: "Holding such an event in Baku is natural. Because Azerbaijan has ancient interreligious relations and traditions. Regardless of the socio-political structure in this area, Azerbaijan has always proved itself as an exemplary country. Over the centuries, representatives of all religions and ethnic groups have lived in our country as a family, in the atmosphere of kindness, friendship, and mutual understanding. Azerbaijan is a multi-confessional, multinational country. This is our great wealth. Our religious and ethnic diversity is our greatest wealth. Religious, national tolerance and tolerance are behind all the steps taken towards the successful development of Azerbaijan, the establishment of stability.”