Nizami Ganjavi Int’l Center awards Henry Kissinger

By Nigar Orujova

Henry Kissinger, former adviser for U.S. national security affairs, former secretary of state and Nobel Prize for Peace winner, has been awarded a gold medal of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center.

The award was presented by Secretary General of the Center Rovhsan Muradov in a ceremony in New York, Azerbaijan's State Committee for Work with Diaspora said.

Prior to the awarding, the ceremony participants discussed the activities of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, and the third Global Shared Societies Forum to be held in Baku in 2015.

During his New York visit, Muradov also held several meetings. Muradov met member of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili.

The sides discussed preparatory issues for the Forum, as well as global problems to be discussed at the event, the organization's activity.

He also met Board of Trustees Member Tarja Halonen, former President of Finland Tarja Halonen.

The Global Shared Societies Forum is held by Nizami Ganjavi International Centre and Club de Madrid with the support of State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan.

The Shared Societies Project works globally with various governments, institutions and their leaders, advising them on the best approaches to building a shared society.

Nizami Ganjavi International Center with its head office in Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, was established in September 2012 to increase awareness of the great works of Nizami Ganjavi, the 12th century greatest representative of the Eastern Renaissance, displayed the quintessence of world literature and philosophy in his immortal works.

The Center helps to return Nizami's masterpieces to the homeland, serves as a depository for Nizami's works, and further develops the values embodied in his works through community engagement.

/AzerNews/