Ismail Serageldin, on behalf of the Library of Alexandria, and Nazim Ibrahimov, Minister of the State Committee for Diaspora of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on behalf of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center (NGIC), are to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the NGIC. The objective of the agreement is to promote collaboration between the two institutions in matters of a culture of peace, dialogue, tolerance and understanding.
Established last year on the 870th Anniversary of the ancient Azeri poet Nizami Ganjavi, the NGIC is a cultural center promoting the heritage of Nizami and Azerbaijan culture as a whole. Its projects include publishing, re-editing and translating the works of the famous poet. Co-chairs of the center are Vaira Vike–Freiberga (former President of Latvia), Roza Otunbayeva (former President of Kirgizstan), Suleyman Demirel (former President of Turkey),Tarja Halonen (former President of Finland), and Ismail Serageldin.