The Ambassador of Cuba in Azerbaijan, His Excellency Mr. Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, paid a working visit to the State University of Culture and Arts of Azerbaijan.
During the day, the Cuban diplomat held a working meeting with the rector of the institution Jeyran Mahmudova with whom he analyzed future cooperation actions between homologous institutions of Cuba and Azerbaijan.
Subsequently, the ambassador, accompanied by the deputy - rector, Gulsan Aliyeva, toured the university and held meetings with students and professors.
The University founded in 1923 is one of the largest centers in Azerbaijan for the advanced training of specialists in culture and art.
The institution is outstanding in its international cooperation. It maintains vocational training programs with twenty-six universities in Turkey, Russia, Egypt, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Iran, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, the United States and the United Kingdom, and is a member of international networks of university cooperation: Association of the University of the Caucasus (KUNIB) and the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA).