BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 12. On March 12,
Chairman of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture
Anar Guliyev met with the Executive Director of the UN Human
Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Anaclaudia Rossbach.He said that
the preparations for the 13th session of the World Urban Forum
(WUF13), which will be held in Baku in May, was discussed during
the meeting, Anar Guliyev wrote in his X page, Trend reports.
"Significant international interest in the upcoming event is
being observed with nearly 15 000 participants registered so far.
We touched the key organizational matters and the upcoming steps
within the preparation process. There is no doubt that WUF13 will
serve as an important international platform for discussing global
challenges related to sustainable urban development and #housing
policy.
We also exchanged views on expanding cooperation between
Azerbaijan and UNHabitat, including joint projects being
implemented in Garabagh and East Zangezur," he wrote.
