TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Azerbaijani Ambassador Bunyad Huseynov met in Tehran on Saturday to explore avenues towards broadening bilateral artistic and cultural ties. 

Jannati also pointed to Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, a contemporary Iranian poet who also composed works in Azerbaijani, and the mausoleum of the 12th-century Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi located in Ganja, and called them cultural symbols that both nations have in common.

Huseynov also emphasized the need for greater mutual cooperation in music, publications and the motion picture industry. 

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