The funds intended for the cultural sphere should be increased in the 2018 draft state budget.

Rafael Huseynov, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Cultural Affairs, said at a joint meeting of the parliamentary committees during the discussion of the draft law "On the state budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2018".

Rafael Huseynov noted that the view of the cultural sphere should be dramatically changed in the state budget. The task of the budget should be to support the sophisticated development of culture...