First lady of Azerbaijan, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation
Mehriban Aliyeva and Vice President of the Foundation Leyla Aliyeva
attended the ceremony organized by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and
Azerbaijani embassy in Italy.
Mehriban Aliyeva met State Secretary at the Foreign Ministry of Italy Marta Dassu prior to the ceremony.
The First lady said she was pleaded that 20th anniversary of
Azerbaijan’s independence is marked in Italy and added that the fast
developing ties between Azerbaijan and Italy are not coincidence. The
president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, which aims to popularize
national heritage of Azerbaijan worldwide, said this meeting would give a
new impetus to development of relations.
Recalling her meeting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano,
Aliyeva said they had discussed a number of important issues and that
Azerbaijan and Italy maintained close ties of friendship.
Marta Datsu said she was pleased to hold her first meeting in her new post with the first lady of Azerbaijan.
'I believe that Azerbaijan should have close relations with Italy in
all fields,' the Italian Secretary of State said adding that economic
and cultural ties should particularly be deepened.
Datsu said she had got familiar with Azerbaijan’s first lady Mehriban
Aliyeva’s biography and noted importance of the projects implemented by
the Heydar Aliyev Foundation under her leadership.
Following the meeting, Aliyeva and Datsu viewed the exhibition of
national carpets. The carpets reflecting rich carpet weaving traditions
of Azerbaijan amazed the visitors. The carpets of the Karabakh carpet
weaving school once again proved that this territory belongs to
Azerbaijan.
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