More than 2,000 Lao students studied in Azerbaijan during the Soviet period, President Ilham Aliyev said in joint press statements with President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Thongloun Sisoulith, APA’s correspondent reports.
The head of state proposed restoring this tradition.
“A relevant scholarship mechanism has also been introduced for this purpose, and I am confident that we will see more Lao students in Azerbaijan in the coming years,” President Ilham Aliyev noted.