22 December 2023 19:39

On 18-22 December 2023, a diplomacy week dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev was organized for the new group of “Diplomacy Volunteers,” jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and ADA University.

On 18 December, the participants of the diplomacy week visited the Alley of Honor and the Alley of Martyrs, and commemorated the dear memories of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev, as well as our martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our territorial integrity, with deep respect and gratitude.

Afterwards, the opening ceremony of the project was held with the participation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Rector of ADA University Hafiz Pashayev.

Within the framework of the first day of the project, dedicated to the life of the Great Leader, his domestic policy and services in the development of parliamentarism, the participants met with Dilara Seyidzade, former Head of the Secretariat of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Ziyafat Asgarov, Chair of the Committee on Defense, Security and the Fight against Corruption of the Milli Majlis, watched the documentary film “Trace,” produced by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and dedicated to the life and activities of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev, and also visited the Heydar Aliyev Center.

During the second day of “Diplomacy Week,” dedicated to the foreign policy of the National Leader, as well as his activities in army building, meetings of the participants were organized with Hasan Hasanov, former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Fariz Rzayev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Aykhan Hajizada, Head of the Press Service Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as visits to the Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum and the Military Trophy Park.

In order to increase the awareness of diplomacy volunteers about the economic development and national oil strategy of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev, meetings of the participants were held with Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli, Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs of BP in the Caspian region, Huseyn Huseynov, Head of the Sustainable Development and Social Policy Department of the Ministry of Economy, and Emin Akhundzade, Deputy Head of the Media, Public Relations and Communications Department of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), and visits were carried out to SOCAR’s administrative building and the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery.

Within the framework of the fourth day of the project, dedicated to the activities of National Leader Heydar Aliyev in security bodies, his role in the establishment of the New Azerbaijan Party, youth policy, and his services in the development of the national press and culture, meetings were held with Indira Hajiyeva, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Rovshan Mammadov, Chair of Azerbaijan Television, Vugar Aliyev, Chair of Azerbaijan State News Agency, Colonel Elshad Nasirov, Head of the Heydar Aliyev Academy of the State Security Service (SSS), Colonel Ali Orujov, Deputy Chair of the “Alyans” Veterans Union of the SSS, representatives of the New Azerbaijan Party, and Yashar Huseynli, Deputy Head of the Strategic Development and Project Management Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and visits were organized to Azerbaijan Television and Azerbaijan State News Agency.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yalchin Rafiyev, Head of the Press Service Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aykhan Hajizada, and Head of the Human Resources Department Raman Mammadov participated and delivered speeches at the closing ceremony organized on the 5th day of the project. At the closing ceremony, success was wished to the newly admitted “Diplomacy Volunteers” in their activities, and speeches by the project participants were heard.

At the end of the event, certificates were presented to the project participants.