Dialogue between religious leaders is important to prevent wars, Minsk and Slutsk Metropolitan, All-Belarus Patriarch Filaret said. Interreligious dialogue began 20 years ago and is aimed at cooperation and mutual efforts to prevent wars, he told journalists in Baku on 5 November. Earlier we held a conference on ‘Religious Leaders Saving the Sacred Gift of Life’ and we are continuing to implement this idea, he said. Filaret is on visit to Azerbaijan to attend the birthday celebrations of Caucasus Muslims Board Chairman Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade in Baku 6-7 November. Baku will host the international conference on Interreligious Dialogue: From Understanding to Mutual Cooperation on 7 November. The conference will develop interreligious dialogue and interfaith friendship, Pashazade told journalists. Some issues can be resolved peacefully, he said.