On October 4, 2018, Mr. Denis Daniilidis, First Counselor of the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan delivered a lecture for the students of Khazar University. The lecture was also attended by honored guest H.E. Mr. Nikolay Yankov, the Ambassador of Bulgaria to Azerbaijan. A special lecture of the First Counselor, entitled “Actors of the EU Foreign Policy”, was organized, within the Network for Developing European Studies in the Caucasus (DESCnet) project, by the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Khazar University. During the meeting, the students were informed about different strands of EU foreign policy, the role of institutions on policy-making, priorities of the EU foreign policy, and discussed the current issues such as Brexit, terrorism, migration as well as EU elections.
Mr. Denis Daniilidis concluded his lecture by welcoming questions from the audience.
After the lecture, Mr. Denis Daniilidis, the First Counselor met with Dr. Hassan Niknafs, Rector of Khazar University. At the meeting, Mr. Daniilidis was informed about the history of Khazar University, its degree programs, research capacity, and international relations. Mutual collaboration opportunities on organizing extracurricular activities, such as simulation, summer school, training courses were also discussed during the meeting.