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Azerbaijani President awarded â€œWorthy friend of Balkansâ€

19 December 2011 08:28 (UTC +04:00)

According to the decision of the Foundation, President Ilham Aliyev has been awarded with the â€œWorthy friend of Balkansâ€ award for his contribution to comprehensive development of Azerbaijan-Balkan states relationship, special services in deepening relations between peoples of Azerbaijan and Balkan states, reconstruction and repair of TaÅ¡majdan Park and BayraklÄ± Camii mosque in Belgrade, establishment of memorial complex of prominent Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibayli in Novi Sad and construction of Chapel of St. Petka, restoration of Novi Pazar Culture House, support for reconstruction of the Baku street and Friendship park in Sarajevo, humanitarian aid for mothers and children stationeries under the Foundation of Infant, Children and Teenagers Welfare, refugees in Vojvodina province, as well residents of Virpazar suffered from heavy rains in Montenegro, support for publishing Serbian writer Milorad Pavicâ€™s â€œCaspian dictionaryâ€ book in Azerbaijani language, decision on erection of Serbian scientist Nikola Teslanâ€™s monument, contribution to various cultures` becoming closer and religious tolerance, Azerbaijani embassy and Azerbaijan Cultural Center in Belgrade told APA.

Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac was founded on 28th June 2007 as an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to provide aid to civilians especially refugees with practical solutions to their vital and existential problems by focusing on solving their housing problems in particular. The Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation (HOD) is co-founded by famous basketball player and the president of the Serbian Olympic Committee Vlade Divac and his wife Ana, initiators of numerous humanitarian projects during the course of the last 20 years of their humanitarian work.