OSCE announces March 21 as Nowruz Int’l Day

Europe Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) on Saturday in an official statement named the March 21 as International Day of Nowruz.

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Austria and the country’s permanent representative to the UN and OSCE, Fuad Ismayilov said, “The United Nations had previously announced the day as holiday in its calendar.”

On the basis of the report, the UN named the March 21 as the ‘International Day of Nowruz’ and called for the member states to release necessary information in this regard.