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Serbian First Lady Dragica Nikolić, who is in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, visited on Friday Sehrli Ilmeler gallery owned by Azerilma Ltd, a carpet weaving company.

She was briefed on the carpet weaving, one of the oldest and most traditional forms of art in Azerbaijan, AzerTac state news agency reported.

For centuries Azerbaijan had been a country of various handicrafts, particularly carpet-making. Azerbaijani carpets adorn many museum and private collections in the world.

The Serbian first lady was informed that Azerilma Ltd. was established in order to revive and enable the further development of the traditional Azerbaijani carpet-weaving art which has materially and spiritually enriched the world culture with its unique examples of carpets. At the same time Azerilma contributes to the popularization of this unique art through its carpet sales organized worldwide. The company commenced its activity in 1996. The professional staff of Azerilma Ltd. comprises 350 people. There are many designers, arts critics, carpet-weavers, dyers and other specialists amongst them. Products of Azerilma were awarded with the prizes and certificates of the exhibitions held in US, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Russia.

The first lady was presented with keepsakes.

Mrs. Nikolić signed a guest book here.