The AIR Center’s delegation held a series of fruitful meetings within the framework of a visit to the Kingdom of Spain from February 10 to 12.

On February 10-11, AIR Center and Rej Juan Carlos University co-organized a conference about Azerbaijan and EU-Azerbaijan relations with the support of Azerbaijan's Embassy in Madrid. Head of Department of the AIR Center Vasif Huseynov talked about the historical roots of the contemporary geopolitical order in the South Caucasus and the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process. He pointed out the detrimental effects of third-party interventions into regional affairs, thereby underlining the importance of cooperation that emerged after the end of the Second Karabakh War.  AIR Center’s senior advisor Shahmar Hajiyev made a presentation about the economic development of Azerbaijan, its energy strategies, particularly green transition issues. 

On February 11, the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI) in Madrid hosted a roundtable where AIR Center's experts Vasif Huseynov and Shahmar Hajiyev made presentations and answered the questions of the ICEI researchers about the various aspects of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy and energy agenda.

On February 12, AIR Center's experts met with President José María Álvarez de Eulate and General Director Miguel Alvarez Moreno of the Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (FESEI).  AIR Center’s experts also attended a Q&A session and answered the questions of the young researchers.