Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

President of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Academician Isa Habibbeyli, met with Professor Eka Chkheidze of the Folklore Department at the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, as well as Professors Ketevan Sikharulidze and Khvtiso Mamisimedishvili, representatives of the Department of Folklore at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.

Speaking at the meeting held at the Presidium of ANAS, Academician Isa Habibbeyli noted that relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia had been developing rapidly in recent years in all fields, including science.

Academician Isa Habibbeyli noted that the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature of ANAS and the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature had been working for five years on a joint project dedicated to the literary works of Nizami Ganjavi and Shota Rustaveli. The book prepared within the framework of the project had been published in Georgian in Tbilisi and in English in Cambridge. Academician Isa Habibbeyli described this as a joint achievement of the two countries’ scientific cooperation.

Speaking about future cooperation plans, the President of ANAS noted that two new joint projects were planned between the relevant scientific institutions of Azerbaijan and Georgia: “Epics of the Turkic World and the Georgian Epic” and “The Sixtiers Movement in Azerbaijani and Georgian Literature.”

Speaking at the meeting, Professor Eka Chkheidze of the Folklore Department at the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature stated that there were significant opportunities to expand cooperation between the two countries in the field of folklore. She emphasized the importance of conducting scholarly research into the mutual influences between Azerbaijani and Georgian folklore traditions.

Professor Eka Chkheidze also highlighted the importance of continuing cooperation between Azerbaijani and Georgian scholars, implementing joint folklore projects, and broadening future research.

In his remarks, Professor Khvtiso Mamisimedishvili, a representative of the Department of Folklore at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, noted that Georgian scholars attached particular importance to the further development of scientific and cultural cooperation between Georgia and Azerbaijan.

The meeting concluded with an exchange of gifts and a commemorative photograph.

The meeting was also attended by Ismayil Omarov, Honored Art Worker and Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, and Aghahuseyn Shukurov, Doctor of Philosophy in Philology and Head of the Department of Public Relations, Press, and Information of the ANAS Presidium.

Translation by Gulhane Aghayeva, Department of Public Relations, Press, and Information, Presidium of ANAS.

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