SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
EDUCATION MINISTER HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE
In his speech, Azerbaijani Minister stressed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev`s special attention to cooperation with Islamic countries, spoke of the today’s situation in the country’s educational system, reforms implemented, as well as negative impact of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the development of this sector and other issues.
During the conference, the Azerbaijani Minister met with ISESCO General Director, Education Ministers of Kuwait, Afghanistan, Malaysia and other countries to discuss bilateral relations.
Azerbaijani Minister’s proposal on conducting traditional conference of Education Ministers of Islamic Countries once every two years was highly appreciated by the participants. Conference participants decided to conduct the next conference of Education Ministers of Islamic countries in Baku in 2008.