President Ilham Aliyev presents the order of “Friendship” to President of ELPIDA Association and the Marianna Vardinoyannis Foundation Marianna Vardinoyannis

On March 15, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev presented the order of “Friendship” to President of ELPIDA Association, the Marianna Vardinoyannis Foundation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis.

The Head of the State said Marianna Vardinoyannis was conferred on the order of “Friendship” in December last year for her service to promoting the development of the relations between the peoples of Azerbaijan and Greece. President Ilham Aliyev said he highly appreciated the activities of Marianna Vardinoyannis in promoting universal values, and presented the order to her.

Marianna Vardinoyannis said she felt very proud of being awarded this prize. Thanking the head of the state for the order of “Friendship”, Marianna Vardinoyannis said she has been closely following the activities of President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva towards strengthening international collaboration. She highly appreciated the support provided by Mehriban Aliyeva to international projects.