Baku will host an international conference on Ali and Nino novel next year, according to vice president of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, director of Nizami Institute of Literature Isa Habibbayli.

He said agreement to hold the conference was reached at a meeting with the management of Georgian Institute of Literature named after Rustaveli. The conference will be co-organized by the two institutions, bringing together scientists and philosophers from many countries.

The conference will hear reports on a number of issues, including on the role of the novel in developing ties of friendship between the Azerbaijani and Georgian people, and on the development of Azerbaijani and Georgian literature during the years of independence.

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