UNDP hails Azerbaijan`s achievements in ICT sphere
By Sara Rajabova
Azerbaijan's development and active role in the international arena was discussed at a meeting of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and head of the UN Development Program Helen Clark in New-York.
Clark noted that Azerbaijan is one of the active members of the UN Development Program, and stressed the importance of her upcoming visit to Baku, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said.
The UNDP Baku office recently said Clark will visit Azerbaijan on October 1-4, 2014. Her visit is aimed to reiterate the organization's high-level support for the sustainable development of Azerbaijan; emphasize the government's achievements in many areas of economic and social development; acknowledge the readiness of Azerbaijan to embark on the path of becoming a full-fledged member of the donor.
Clark also expressed satisfaction for seeing Azerbaijan as a middle-income developing country.
Mammadyarov stressed the importance of Clark`s Azerbaijan trip in terms of strengthening bilateral cooperation between the UNDP and the Azerbaijani government.
He noted that in order to assist developing countries to overcome humanitarian and socio-economic challenges, Baku has established the Azerbaijan International Development Agency (AIDA) and got the status of donor country.
Mammadyarov underlined that more than 30 countries of the Latin America, Africa and Asia have benefited by this humanitarian aid up to now.
Clark has also hailed Azerbaijan`s achievements in the sphere of information-communication technologies, and stressed the importance of the sphere in strengthening strategic cooperation between the UNDP and Azerbaijan.
The sides also had comprehensive exchange of views on numerous questions of mutual interest.
UNDP is the UN's development agency, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources. On the ground in more than 170 countries and territories, UNDP offers global perspectives and local insights to help empower lives and build resilient nations.
The UNDP has been working in Azerbaijan since 1992.