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The Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO) signed an agreement on a project aimed at empowering and promoting the social inclusion of conflict–affected women across the three regions of Nigeria on December 8.

The signing took place during the meeting between Leyla Aliyeva, Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, and Salim bin Mohammed Almalik, ICESCO Director-General, on the margins of the international conference on the theme "Launch of the AI Index for the Islamic World" in Baku.

The ICESCO Director General expressed his gratitude to Leyla Aliyeva for the excellent organisation of the event in Baku.

He expressed his confidence that the discussions held during the conference would enhance cooperation in AI among ICESCO member states.

Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva expressed her gratitude to the ICESCO Director General for the constant support provided to Azerbaijan, and for holding events aimed at promoting the Azerbaijani culture.

They noted that the successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and ICESCO, as well as the effective and close relations of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, chaired by Azerbaijani First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, with ICESCO, serve to boost this cooperation.

The meeting also reviewed the future projects in science, education and culture between the two organisations.