We are welcoming you to a high-profile event that is associated with the establishment of Khazar University’s Institute of Asia-Pacific and African Studies (IAPAS). It is going to be in the format of a high-level colloquium, with official representatives of México, Chile, and Colombia to present as panellists. These three countries (as well as Perú) are members of the Pacific Alliance (Spanish: Alianza del Pacífico), a trade bloc, which borders the Pacific Ocean. The alliance was formed to improve regional integration, so complete freedom in the movement of goods, services, capital, and people between the four member states could be ensured. Together, the alliance’s combined population is nearly 230 million people, while it accounts for about 35% of Latin American GDP. This IAPAS high-level colloquium will be the first of its kind in our broader region’s academia when México, Chile, Colombia are to be discussed in the context of their ‘Pacific dimension’. 

The details on the even are as follows: 

Topic: A ‘hidden’ dimension of the Asia-Pacific 

Format: IAPAS high-level colloquium 

Welcoming address: Professor Hamlet İsaxanlı, Founder, Khazar University 

Panel:  

H.E. Rodrigo Labardini, Ambassador of Mexico

H.E. Luis Antonio Dimaté, Ambassador of Colombia

Mr. Fidel Coloma, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Chile 

Moderator: Vlad Alex Vernygora, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Khazar University 

Participants: Students and scholars of Khazar, representatives of Azerbaijani Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, Members of the Parliament 

Venue: Marble Hall 

Date: 30 November 2021 

Time: 11:00-12:30