As reported, academician Akif Alizadeh, the president of ANAS, participated as an invited speaker at the international conference "Dialogue of Asian Civilizations" held in Beijing, China. The scientist's report "Dialogue of civilizations in Asia and the historical experience of Azerbaijan" was met with great interest by the event participants. Thus China's largest English-language state-controlled China Daily newspaper has published extracts from Akif Alizadeh's report.

Asia is home to some of the largest economies in the world, from China, Japan and India to the Republic of Korea, Indonesia and Thailand. But thanks to its new model of socio-economic development, the Chinese economy has its own salient features. These features have allowed China to rebuild a number of traditional structures to achieve unprecedented socio-economic results, which in turn have helped it to withstand external pressure and preserve its distinctive culture. Still, China's economic development model is evolutionary, as it has helped modernize all social structures while preserving the Chinese civilization's core elements.

In this regard, the experiences of Azerbaijan also deserve attention. True, Azerbaijan is a small country and has limited human resources potential. But, being located at the crossroad of Europe and Asia, it occupies a very important geographical position. Azerbaijan is located in the east of the Caucasus and shares land borders with Russia in the north, Turkey, Georgia and Armenia in the west, and Iran in the south. It is also one of the five Caspian states and shares sea borders with Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran.

Moreover, Azerbaijan espouses that economic interaction and cooperation can be effective only when supported by active dialogue in the scientific, humanitarian and political spheres. As such, it is contributing to the establishment and development of humanitarian cooperation between countries and continents.

Azerbaijan also remains committed to enhancing international cooperation and understanding between countries and peoples and contributes to the dialogue of cultures and civilizations. Akif Alizadeh, president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences said through the interview in article "Dialogue to bring civilizations closer".

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