PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES DELEGATION OF EURASIA FOUNDATION
Greeting the guests, Head of the Azerbaijan State spoke of the accomplishments reached last years in political, economic, social and other fields in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan’s links with the international organizations, funds and non-governmental organizations develop day by day, President Ilham Aliyev noted. “From this standpoint, the visit of the Eurasia Foundation’s delegation to Azerbaijan serves expansion of these relations.”
Dwelling on the relations between Azerbaijan and the United States, the President stressed intensive development of bilateral ties in numerous fields.
The President of Azerbaijan also informed on dynamic economic development of the Country, underlining that growth of GDP, volume of investments and budget revenues is a good example of consecutive realization of the economic reforms in Azerbaijan.
Touching upon Armenia’s aggression against the country, Head of the Azerbaijan State said that the Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan’s lands, over one million people have become refugees and IDPs in their homelands. He expressed hope that the United States as one of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair would increase its efforts for peace settlement of this conflict.
President Ilham Aliyev wished the visit of the delegation of Eurasia Foundation to Azerbaijan to be successful.
Expressing his gratitude for sincere reception and kind words, the Eurasia Fundation chair Mrs. Sarah Carey presented the authoritative executives and politicians to the Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, told of success of their visit to Azerbaijan. She said the Foundation promotes development of private section of economy, including small and medium business, civil society and public management. The Foundation is functioning in Azerbaijan since 1996, and currently has 12 representations in the CIS space. The Foundation, mainly, is financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and gives grants to many organizations in Azerbaijan as well.
Mrs. Sarah Carey gave high assessment to activity of the Foundation’s representation in Azerbaijan and expressed satisfaction with assistance of Azerbaijan Government to the Foundation’s activities.
Head of the foreign relations department of President Administration Novruz Mammadov, US assistant ambassador in Azerbaijan Jason Highland took part at the reception.