On April 12th the 1st World Forum of Graduates of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) kicked off in Baku.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva are attending the event.
The forum, initiated by the Azerbaijan Association of MGIMO Graduates, brings together more than 400 people, including officials, representatives of leading international organizations, businessmen and financiers from many countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Cuba, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Vietnam, as well as Azerbaijani graduates living and working abroad.
President Ilham Aliyev delivered opening remarks at the forum held under the motto “Together towards future”.
MGIMO rector, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Anatoly Torkunov read out Russian President Vladimir Putin`s message to the forum participants.
Director of the Russian Cooperation Agency (Rossotrudnichestvo), special presidential representative for CIS Affairs, member of the Board of Trustees of MGIMO, Konstantin Kosachev read out a message of greetings of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The forum then continued in sessions, with the agenda topped by the issues of education, energy and environmental factors in global economic development, as well as the role of civil institutes, media community and business in settling international problems.

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