Heydar Aliyev Foundation Vice President Leyla Aliyeva on a working visit to Turkmenistan: children's health centre and cultural programme

On October 19 Leyla Aliyeva, Vice President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, arrived in Turkmenistan on a working visit. She was met at Ashgabat International Airport by Oguljahan Atabayeva, Vice President for medical treatment at the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charity Foundation for children in need of guardianship.

At the Foundation's headquarters in Arkadag, the sides discussed child health, inclusive education, social support for families and humanitarian cooperation. Atabayeva highlighted the international ecological exhibition "Mother Nature", organised in Ashgabat by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation with Turkmen support; it has previously been shown in Baku, Manama, London, Geneva and Madrid.

Aliyeva toured the Children's Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arkadag, looked at its treatment and rehabilitation conditions and talked with young patients. The evening programme included a performance by the national equestrian games group "Galkynysh" at the Gorogly State Horse Circus and a concert by the State Symphony Orchestra of Turkmenistan, with works by Turkmen and Azerbaijani composers, at the Magtymguly National Music and Drama Theatre in Ashgabat. Aliyeva thanked the Turkmen leadership for hosting the visit and described relations between the two countries, built on shared history, culture and spiritual values, as a model strategic partnership.