The delegation of Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) headed by H.E. Taha Ayhan, the President of ICYF and comprising of Mr. Rasul Omarov, the Director General of ICYF and Mr. Elmaddin Mehdiyev, the Director General of the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF (ICYF-ERC) held several official meetings in the framework of the visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan on 5-7 September 2019.
On 5 September, the ICYF delegation was received by H.E. Orkhan Mammadov, the Chairman of the Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency of Azerbaijan (KOB Azərbaycan / SMB Azerbaijan). Referring to the trilateral Protocol of Cooperation on holding the 3rd General Assembly of Islamic Countries Young Entrepreneurs Network (ICYEN) in Baku, signed between ICYF, KOBIA and ICYF-ERC on 23 July 2019, the Parties had discussed the outstanding issues related with the organization of the event underlying the importance of the ICYF-ERC as the implementing agency of ICYEN.
On 6 September, the ICYF delegation headed by H.E. Taha Ayhan was received by H.E. Azad Rahimov, the Minister of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and H.E. Elmar Mammadyarov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Their Excellencies the Ministers appreciated the visit of the ICYF President and underlined the role and support of the Government of Azerbaijan towards ICYF and its activities embodied through the support to the establishment of ICYF, hosting its Founding General Assembly in Baku, in 2004, contributing to and hosting numerous ICYF activities since its establishment as well as hosting and extending full support to activities of the ICYF-ERC in Baku since 2010.