On March 11, 2016, the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Khazar University hosted H. E. Nasser Abdul Kareem, the Palestinian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, for a guest lecture about Palestine--European Union relations in the context of the European Neighborhood Policy. He spoke on the EU assistance to Palestinians, underlining the fact that the EU remains the largest provider of aid to Palestine to support its internally displaced people and the state structures. Mr. Kareem mentioned the EU-administered PEGASE program, which provides financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which provides services to Palestinians, who fled their homes following the 1948 conflict. Among other things, he informed the audience about the Interim Association Agreement on Trade and Cooperation that was signed between the EU and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1997 with the aim of providing Palestinian industrial goods with duty-free access to the EU markets.