Azerbaijan’s First Lady and President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva met with Italy’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Giampaolo Cutillo on March 9.

Mehriban Aliyeva expressed gratitude for successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and Italy in all areas, including politics, economy and energy sector.

“I am glad that humanitarian relations are also developing well between our countries,” said Mehriban Aliyeva, adding that a number of projects have been implemented in recent years in Italy at the initiative and with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

It was underscored that the objective of arranging these events was to deliver the realities of Azerbaijan to the Italian society. It was also noted that Italians show much interest towards these events and that the work in this direction will continue further.

Exchange of opinions also took place at the meeting around the matters of mutual interest.