Heydar Aliyev Foundation supports construction of Health Center in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Agroundbreaking ceremony was held for a new building of the Health Center in the Kotor Varos city, Bosnia and Herzegovina on March 7, which will be constructed with the support of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.
Executive Director of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Anar Alakbarov, Mayor of Kotor Varos Zdenko Sakan, Deputy Mayor Mladen Trivunovic, President of Municipal Assembly of Kotor Varos Ibrahim Palic, Director of the Health Center Vladimir Bibic, staff of Azerbaijan`s diplomatic corps in Bosnia and Herzegovina, officials of the Presidential Administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as local public figures attended the ceremony.
Alakbarov, addressing the event, highlighted the activities of the Foundation, saying it implements cultural, educational, healthcare projects and carries out charity campaigns both in Azerbaijan and abroad.
“This includes repair and renovation of a large number of religious monuments, restoration of historical and architectural monuments, organization of regular scientific conferences and forums on multiculturalism and tolerance.”
Alakbarov described Bosnia and Herzegovina as a friend of Azerbaijan, saying the two countries enjoy deep relations. “The projects implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation contribute to strengthening and enhancing relations between our countries and peoples,” he said.
Sakan and Bibic, for their part, hailed the projects implemented by the Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sign of solidarity and unity between the peoples of the two countries.
An agreement on the construction of the new building of the Health Center was signed by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Kotor Varos mayor’s office and health ministry this January after Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Chairman Mladen Ivanic made a request for the Foundation`s assistance in building several social and healthcare centers in the country.
The construction of the twostorey building will be completed before the end of the year.
Following the groundbreaking ceremony, Alakbarov met with Mladen Ivanic, who thanked Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva for their assistance in building the Health Center in Kotor Varos.
He hailed friendly relations and cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Azerbaijan. Ivanic also commended Azerbaijan’s European integration and tolerance in the country.
This is not the first assistance of the Foundation to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Following the Heydar Aliyev Foundation’s initiative and with financial support from the state of Azerbaijan, the “Friendship Park” in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was reconstructed in 2012.
A monument complex has been erected in the park in memory of the victims of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and of the genocide committed in Khojaly town of Azerbaijan in February 1992.
The foundation also contributed to the renovation of a center for blind and visually impaired children and youth in Sarajevo, which was inaugurated in 2013.
Starting its activity since 2004, the Foundation has been actively participating in building a new society and contributing to the social and economic development of the country, by implementing various projects in spheres such as education, public health, culture, sports, science and technology, environment, and social and other spheres.