BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 12. Protecting the shared cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples and preventing its misappropriation and distortion should be among the key priorities of our joint efforts, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a message to the participants of the 2nd Meeting of the Heads of Intellectual Property Institutions of the Organization of Turkic States member states.
The head of state noted that the foundations of intellectual property rights in Azerbaijan were laid on the initiative of National Leader Heydar Aliyev and have continued to evolve in the years since.
