Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Refugees and IDPs Rovshan Rzayev has met with Head of the Japanese company Fuji Optical Co. Ltd, world-famous ophthalmologist Akio Kanai, Report informs referring to the State Committee.
The Japanese guest was provided with detailed information about the beginning of a new era in the life of internally displaced persons after the liberation of Azerbaijani lands from occupation.
During the meeting, it was noted that large-scale restoration and construction work is underway in the territories liberated from occupation, the first stage of the Great Return has begun, and gratitude was expressed to Akio Kanai for his disinterested optometric services for 15 years to internally displaced persons and low-income families in Azerbaijan, thanks to which thousands of people get a chance to improve their eyesight every year.
Akio Kanai emphasized that since 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he could not carry out his charitable mission in Azerbaijan, and noted that his current visit is aimed at restoring this mission. As part of the visit, the Japanese guest visited the Tartar district and examined civilian facilities destroyed during the war. He reminded with satisfaction about the support provided at the government level for the successful implementation of the charitable mission.