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A career fair was organized on Saturday under the state program "Azerbaijani youth in 2011-2015" to provide graduates of foreign universities with different employment opportunities, Deputy Economic Development Minister Sevinj Hasanova said.

"About 50 companies operating in various sectors -- from oil to the financial sector, attended it," she told journalists in Baku. "The companies informed the graduates about the recruitment process, as well as familiarized them with the existing vacancies."

Hasanova said educated people are required to maintain the level of Azerbaijan's economic development and that it is important to consider and develop the human capital concept.

"It is also important to attract the graduates to work in the Azerbaijani education sector, which could affect the improvement of the education level in the country," she added.

Moreover, the graduates of foreign universities can use the knowledge obtained abroad in local companies and contribute to the establishment of new companies, thanks to the skills acquired abroad.

Deputy Education Minister Gulu Novruzov said that around 1,800 students were sent to study at foreign universities within state programs from 2007 to date. Around 1,200 of them currently study in those universities.

"Azerbaijani students are studying in more than 200 universities in such countries as Russia, Egypt, Turkey and European countries," Novruzov said.