Pakistan & Azerbaijan — shared history, culture & future — Azerbaijan Investment & Culture Summit 2021
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 : The land where the east meets the west, the sea hugs the mountains, and the old coexists with the new. Azerbaijan is one of the world’s most ancient centers of civilization. Azerbaijan is a Caspian Sea nation with a mountainous north and subtropical south. The oil-rich country has a strategic location along the crossroads of Western Europe and Western Asia, bordering Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran and Armenia. It’s a former Soviet republic that’s closer to parts of Europe than it is to parts of the Middle East. With a population of 10M, exports of $23B, — Azerbaijan is an upper-middle-income nation possessing a high level of economic development and literacy.
Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 & Pakistan 🇵🇰 has a long history of diplomatic relations, which dates back to 14th Century when the first ambassadors from both the states were dispatched to each others’ courts. Pakistan & Azerbaijan — not only share history, culture, religion — but a shared progressive future! Azerbaijan, Pakistan & Turkey has a geostrategic partnership. Azerbaijan Pakistan friendship has witnessed a constant upward trend in terms of people-to-people contacts, trade and defence cooperation in last decade. Pakistan has always supported Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Inseparable union between Sufism and poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Urdu dates back from great mystic poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209) who penned “Leyli and Majnun”. A spiritual connection between Mawlana Rumi, Shams Tabraiz, and Allama Iqbal becomes an inspiration and a beacon of light for generations to come as it transcends the boundaries of time, religion, or cultures and resides in each of the souls that are seeking Divine Guidance and Love.
Azerbaijan Investment & Culture Summit 2021 is an amazing initiative by Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) and powered by Hackquarters! More than 500 startups from 61 countries applied to the summit this year, 30 investors, and 250+ participants are expected to attend and join 7+ panels & booster sessions. Located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Azerbaijan is the most developed economy in this region which makes it very appealing when it comes to starting a company.
Azerbaijan Investment & Culture Summit 2021 is happening between October 27–29, in Baku, Azerbaijan, will feature young entrepreneurs from the OIC Member States and Muslim minorities in Non-OIC Countries. The selected verticals will cover Food & Agri-Tech, Green Industry, Fintech, Games and Applications, Environment & Renewable Energy, Smart Tech, Aviation & Space Tech, and Logistic & Smart Cities. All expenses will be paid by the organizing committee and the event will be free of charge and open to the public.
Thrilled to represent #Pakistan 🇵🇰 at “#Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Investment & Culture Summit 2021”
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About the Author: Imran Jattala is Co-Founder of Innovators Garage — and National Expert for UNIDO/USAID Clean Energy SME Accelerator — with a mission to build $500B Innovation Economy & to make Pakistan a Top-50 Innovative Nation. He tweets at: @ImJattala
