On March 17, 2017, Lomonosov Moscow State University in Baku held a meeting with archeologist Paul Wordsworth from Oxford University to detail his archeological excavations in Barda. 

Dr. Gudrat Isamayilzade, editor of the Journal of Azerbaijani Archeology published by Khazar University Press, was also present at the meeting. The meeting was also attended by the following students of the Department of History and Archeology: Ilaha Yusifli, Aysel Mansimova, Rufat Khalilov and Malahat Mammadova.