On April 21, 2020, an online meeting was held between Dr. Elmar Mustafayev, Head of the Political Science and Philosophy Department at Khazar University, and Mr. Ruslan Mirzeyev, board member of the recently established Mediation Council in Azerbaijan. The online meeting was organized with the objective to discuss possible opportunities for cooperation between Erasmus+ MEDIATS: Training and Society Transformation project (599010-EPP-1-2018-1-NL-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP) and the recently established Mediation Council in Azerbaijan.

Dr. Elmar Mustafayev briefed Ruslan Mirzeyev with the objectives of the Erasmus+ MEDIATS: Training and Society Transformation project, and the actions to be implemented within this project by Azerbaijani partner universities, Khazar University and Ganja State University. Furthermore, Elmar Mustafayev expressed the interest of both universities in taking an active part in the future endeavors of the Mediation Council and offered joint activities in training programs and the promotion of mediation values in the society.

In his turn, Mr. Ruslan Mirzeyev provided information on the upcoming plans of the Mediation Council and welcomed the cooperation offer by both partner universities of the MEDIATS: Training and Society Transformation project. Moreover, Ruslan Mirzeyev invited Khazar University and Ganja State University employees to participate in the training sessions of the Mediation Council.

At the end of the video-meeting, parties agreed to have a face-to-face meeting following the lift of the lockdown, to discuss further cooperation.