Thursday April 3, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Amb. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, signed the Education Agreement.
Baku (HOL) – Azerbaijan formally approved a bilateral agreement with Somalia on Wednesday to extend cooperation in the field of education.
President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree ratifying the “Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Education” between the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
The agreement was signed in Baku on Feb. 12, 2025, during an official visit by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Following the decree, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Science and Education is tasked with implementing the terms of the agreement. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will notify the Somali government once all internal procedures required for the agreement to take effect have been completed.
The agreement was one of several key documents signed during a formal exchange ceremony attended by Presidents Aliyev and Mohamud in the Azerbaijani capital.
During the ceremony, Ulvi Mehdiyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations, and Abdihakim Mohamed Yusuf, Chief of Staff to the Somali president, exchanged a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in public service delivery.
Energy ministers from both countries also signed a memorandum of understanding focused on green energy collaboration. Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov, and Somalia’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Abdullahi Bidhan Warsame, pledged to work together on initiatives related to renewable energy.
In addition, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi exchanged the signed education cooperation agreement now approved by President Aliyev.