5 December 2012
Mogilev chosen CIS cultural capital for 2013
ASHGABAT, 5 December (BelTA) – Mogilev has been declared a cultural capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States for the year 2013. The relevant decision was made at the session of the CIS Heads of State Council in Ashgabat on 5 December, BelTA has learned. Participants of the session adopted a regulation on the interstate program Cultural Capitals of the Commonwealth. It was decided to implement the program in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Belarus in 2013. Respectively the cities of Gabala, Gyumri, and Mogilev have been declared the cultural capitals of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The program is designed to be an effective instrument for interstate interaction in cultural affairs. It will contribute to creating a favorable climate for economic and political cooperation as well as humanitarian, social, economic, and infrastructural development and promotion of individual territories and cities, the enhancement of the CIS status in the international scene.БЕЛТА