On February 11th Azerbaijan`s first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva met former Prime Minister of France Dominique de Villepin.
The First lady recalled her meeting with Dominique de Villepin in Paris.
Mehriban Aliyeva hailed relations between the two countries as excellent, noting the launch of Azerbaijan`s first communications satellite with the assistance of a French company was a vivid manifestation of this.
Mehriban Aliyeva said: “The Heydar Aliyev Foundation is also cooperating in humanitarian, cultural and educational spheres. The Foundation wants to popularize Azerbaijan`s realities in France.”
The First Lady said the Heydar Aliyev Foundation was holding large-scale projects to promote Azerbaijan`s culture in France.
“The events as part of this project are held throughout France.”
The First Lady praised the fact that the number of positive news articles about Azerbaijan was increasing in the French media.
On cooperation in educational sphere, Mehriban Aliyeva praised the construction of a French school in Baku at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Dominique de Villepin congratulated the First Lady on successes of Azerbaijan.
He noted that holding the 1st European Games in Baku testified to increasing image of Azerbaijan.

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