Allahshukur Pashazade participated in the ministerial conference in London.

Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Administration (CMB) Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade participated in the Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief held in London.

APA's British bureau reports that during the conference, Foreign Minister Liz Truss called on everyone to work together to defend religious freedom and show the potential for positive change.

He said that societies that allow people to choose what they believe in are better, stronger and ultimately more successful.

On the sidelines of the conference, Sheikhul Islam held bilateral meetings and participated in the event held at "10 Downing Street", the residence of the British Prime Minister, which was attended by a small number of guests at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

He met with British Minister of State for South Asia and North Africa Lord Tariq Ahmed.

Lord emphasized the importance of a country like Azerbaijan playing an important role in the field of interreligious dialogue and its representative participating in this conference.

Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade spoke about the special attention paid by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the freedom of religion and belief.

Allahshukur Pashazade met with the leader of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Justin Welby.

At the meeting, Sheikhulislam spoke about the care and attention paid to freedom of religion and belief in Azerbaijan and invited the archbishop to Azerbaijan.

Sheikhulislam also met with the Deputy Secretary General of the UN, the High Representative of the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Moratinos.

Chief Rabbi of the British Jewish community Ephraim Mirvis, Head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Abraham Cooper, Minister of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan Askar Omarov, Secretary of State for Religious Affairs of Romania Viktor Opaski, Minister of Justice of Uzbekistan Ruslanbek Davletov, Head of the Muslim Community of Finland Atik Ali and others are among the participants of the Shaykhulislam conference. met with

It should be noted that the Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion and Belief is the first event held in this direction in Great Britain.