First lady awarded for humanitarian efforts
Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva has been awarded a prize from CIS, a bloc of former Soviet republics, for her humanitarian activity, Russia`s state news agency ITAR-TASS reported on Tuesday.
Aliyeva is President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.
The ``Stars of Commonwealth`` award was established in 2009 by the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation of the Member States of the CIS and Intergovernmental Foundation for Educational, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation of the CIS (IFESCCO). It is awarded annually for major contributions and achievements in science and education, art and culture, and humanitarian activities.
The ceremony of conferring the winners of the award will be held at the Russian State Library Pashkov House in Moscow on Friday, April 13.
Other winners include head of the Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery Leo Bokeria, Kyrgyzstan`s Tourism and Culture Minister Ibragim Dzhunusov and director of M. Auezov Institute of Literature and Art Seit Kaskabasov.
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