During his visit in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijian the president Michele Capasso met exponents of cultural, politic, scientific and social world. There is still contrast between the modernity of buildings and the splendour of the shops in the city center and the extreme poverty which still affects part of the population. “The big challenge for this country – as has been stated by the president Capasso – is to transform the richness coming from oil sources and gas in more specific policies addressed to needy classes.
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20 May 2015
Parent Category: Iniziative (EN) -
Category: Maison de la Paix (EN)
The President Capasso joined a meeting at the Baku Academy of Sciences, where he highlighted the importance of the Caucasian country in the international context of awareness and knowledge.
Capasso wished for the possibility of hosting a collection of artworks able to carry memory traces of the art, music and traditions of Azerbaijan at MAMT, Naples. “The acronym – he stated – fits your country perfectly as well as our: MAMT = Museum of Azerbaijan – Memory, Art, Music, Tradition”.
Among the Azeri personalities who were mentioned during the meeting: the writer Zecharia Sitchin, the pianist and composer Frangis Ali-Sade, the President Ilham Aliyev along with his father Heydar, the mathematician Hamlet Isakhanli, the cellist and orchestra leader Mstislav Rostropovič.
