In Baku, Azerbaijan, his last stop in the region, Serageldin visited Baku State University (BSU), where he signed Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Alexandria and BSU, and gave a joint lecture on Mutual Understanding and Dialogue between Civilizations, with Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former President of Latvia, and Roza Otunbayeva, former President of Kyrgyzstan.