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Ambassador of France to the Republic of Azerbaijan Aurelia Bouchez paid a visit to the office of the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) and had a meeting with the IEPF President Umud Mirzayev.

The meeting started with the discussion of the IEPF’s activity since the time of its establishment in 1992. U.Mirzayev talked briefly about the key directions of the Fund, such as Media & Civil Society Development; Community Development; Refugees/IDPs Issues; and Peace-making & Conflict Resolution. He also spoke about the IEPF regional office in Tartar district of Azerbaijan.  IEPF regularly and successfully cooperates with many international organizations, embassies and UN agencies. In cooperation with different structures, IEPF has successfully implemented various projects in different fields.

The meeting continued with the introduction of the international analytical information gateway “Eurasia Diary” operating under the IEPF and publishing the context in five languages (English, Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish and Arabic). Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez got acquainted with the activity of the website and was impressed by the statistical data and number of followers from all around the world.

IEPF President highlighted the importance of the work, Aurelia Bouchez has been successfully doing since the time of her appointment as an Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

“The Embassy of France in Azerbaijan is actively involved in realization of different projects.I observe your active participation in many events. Your contribution in development of civil society is very significant” – he added.

On her side, Ambassador Aurelia Bouchez expressed her gratitude to Umud Mirzayev for the invitation to visit the IEPF office. She also thanked IEPF for a significant contribution in organization of several events in the frameworks of Francophonie Days held in Baku between April 1 and 22.

The parties agreed to sustain good collaboration and think about mutual projects in the future.