On October 29, Baku International Multiculturalism Center hosted an international round table on the topic "Ensuring multiculturalism and religious harmony against all threats." 
       Ravan Hasanov, the executive director of Baku International Multiculturalism Center, Bishop Juan Carlos Mendez, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, the chairman of the Interfaith Council of Los Angeles, Ron Lee-Paz, chief rabbi of the Gutreach Synagogue of the Los Angeles Valley, Rabbi Jay Sherwood, the chief rabbi of the Shalom Synagogue of Colorado, Los Angeles Pastor Martha Moscoso, head of Faith and Hope Lutheran Church, Javed Bawa, president of Inglewood Islamic Center of Los Angeles, the director of the center Ismayil Kikibai,  Zubair Ravda, the director of Muslim Community Relations, Vladimir Fekete,  Apostolic Prefect of the Roman Catholic Church in Azerbaijan, Alexander Sharovsky, the head of Baku Religious Community of European Jews, Archpriest Mefodiy Efendiyev, the secretary of the Baku and Azerbaijan Diocesan Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, Fuad Nurullayev, the deputy chairman of the Caucasus Muslims’ Board, Melih Yevdayev, chairman of Baku Mountain Jews community and other community representatives participated at the round table.
      Ravan Hasanov, executive director of Baku International Multiculturalism Center, who opened the event, said that Azerbaijan is the homeland of every citizen, regardless of their national identity and religious affiliation. Representatives of different nationalities and religions have lived in our country as friends and brothers for thousands of years and have protected Azerbaijan as their common homeland. Therefore, in the Patriotic War, which began on September 27, 2020 and lasted for 44 days, representatives of all nationalities and religions living in Azerbaijan voluntarily joined the army, participated heroically in the battles, and some of them rose to the height of martyrdom or became veterans. 
      It should be noted that the purpose of the US delegation's visit to our country is to get more familiar with Azerbaijan's experience in this field, where multiculturalism is accepted as a way of life at a time when extremism and violence are spreading in the world, and at the same time, to ensure security and stability in the region within the framework of the "Safe Return of IDPs" project, the establishment of peace, as well as to hold discussions for cooperation on other priority issues.  Within the framework of the visit, the guests held a number of meetings, visited the liberated cities as Agdam and Shusha, witnessed the results of Armenian vandalism, and also visited religious places of worship in our country - mosques, synagogues and churches.