Mehriban Aliyeva met with Russian President`s spouse Svetlana Medvedeva

First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva met at Heydar Aliyev Foundation with Russian President`s spouse Svetlana Medvedeva, September 3.

The first ladies saw a film about the actions of the Foundation and its projects in education, science, healthcare and other spheres.

Then, Mrs Aliyeva had a meeting with Mrs Medvedeva.

The President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation said the Foundation supports the works to popularize Azerbaijan`s culture and history. Mrs Aliyeva noted the Foundation carries out large-scale projects which propagate the country`s realities throughout the world. She added the Foundation also had close cooperation with international organizations.

M.Aliyeva also pointed out Heydar Aliyev Foundation implements huge social and humanitarian projects like the Socio-Cultural Initiatives Foundation, which is headed by Mrs Medvedeva. She added “cooperating together we can achieve a lot”.

For her part, Svetlana Medvedeva praised the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s activities. She particularly underlined the importance of the projects carried out by the Foundation and wished it success.

The First Lady of Russia briefed of the activities of the Socio-Cultural Initiatives Foundation. She noted her Foundation implements several projects as well.

The discussions also focused on protection of the cultural heritage. The first ladies agreed upon development of relations between the foundations. They also said along with charitable activities much attention should be paid to popularizing the two countries` cultures.

Mrs Aliyeva presented keepsakes to Mrs Medvedeva.

The Russian First Lady left the Foundation under rich impressions.