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Meeting of Rector Zurab Khonelidze with President Ilham Aliyev

ProfessorZurab Khonelidze, Rector of Sokhumi State University, was invited by Mr. HafizPashaev, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Azerbaijan, to participate in asignificant scientific and political forum titled "Karabakh: ReturningHome After 30 Years. Achievements and Challenges."

On December 6, 2023, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Mr. Ilham Aliyev, delivered a keynote address at the forum.

During the event, a meeting transpired between the leader of Azerbaijan and the Rector of Sokhumi State University. Mr. Zurab Khonelidze acquainted President Ilham Aliyev with his monograph "The Georgian Paradigm of Peace" and discussed the crucial new idea for regional security—the Georgian peace platform based on university diplomacy.

The head of the friendly state expressed keen interest in this concept, affirming Azerbaijan's full engagement in realizing this idea. President Aliyev pledged complete support to Mr. Khonelidze.

His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, extended warm greetings and well wishes through the Rector of Sokhumi State University to his friend, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili of Georgia, to the Azerbaijani people's Georgian brothers, and to the academic staff of Sokhumi State University.

The forum's proceedings are set to conclude on December 7, and it is evident that Rector Zurab Khonelidze's active involvement, inclusive of high-level contacts such as the meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, marks another international success and recognition for Sokhumi State University.

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