POLITICS
BAKU HOSTED CONFERENCE “DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITIONAL SOCIETIES”
The scientific-practical conference “ Democracy in Transitional Societies” organized by the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and Public Administration Academy, and officially supported by the Presidential Administration has been held today at the Gulustan palace.
The event was attended by government officials from Azerbaijan, USA, Turkey, Germany, Ukraine, Georgia, Russia, scholars and independent political scientists as well as representatives of international organizations. The main objective of the conference is to discuss and study the modern theory of democracy development in the new independent states including Azerbaijan.
The conference sparked a great interest of media with AZERTAG, Trend, ITAR-TASS, RIA-Novosti, APA, Novosti-Azerbaijan news agencies, AzTV and Leader TV channels, Azerbaijan, Bakinski Rabochiy, Khalg Gazeti, Azerbaidjanskiye Izvestiya newspapers providing information support for the event.
The conference was addressed by vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences Akif Alizadeh.
Then, Head of the Presidential Administration, full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Prof. Ramiz Mehdiyev delivered a report “”Democracy in Azerbaijan: theory and practice”.