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A delegation headed by the deputy director of the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) under the President of Azerbaijan, Gulshan Pashayeva, is on an official visit to Milan.

During the visit, it's planned to hold discussions in the framework of the "Eastern Partnership initiative of the European Union: a common framework or broad opportunities" project, implemented jointly by CSS and one of the leading think tanks in Italy -- the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), according to the Center.

The event will be joined by Pashayeva, acting director of economic analysis and globalization issues department Vusal Gasimli and leading researchers Gulmira Rzayeva and Kamal Makili-Aliyev.

On Tuesday, the CSS experts will participate in a workshop at the Catholic University of Milan featuring discussions on the foreign policy of Azerbaijan.

Pashayeva and Makili-Aliyev will also attend events on "Evaluation of a peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict" and "Possibilities of using the model of autonomy of South Tyrol to resolve conflicts in the post-Soviet space", being organized by the Institute of International Affairs in Rome on Thursday and Friday.

These events will also be attended by the head of the international law department of the Caucasus University, Farhad Mehdiyev, and head of the department of history of the Caucasus at the History Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Irada Bagirova.