MFA: Azerbaijan provided $40M of aid to Ukraine to date

Azerbaijan continued its humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, with the total amount of humanitarian, restoration, and reconstruction aid provided to date reaching 70 million manats (about $40 million), Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release on the results of 2024, Report informs.

According to MFA, throughout 2024, assistance was provided to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Vietnam, Yemen, Jordan, Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Albania, Zimbabwe, Tajikistan, Gambia and Uganda.

In 2024, Azerbaijan actively continued its aid and humanitarian support activities on a global scale: “Requests for assistance from foreign states and international organizations were considered, and aid deliveries were coordinated with other state bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The inaugural admission of foreign students from the OIC, NAM, and SIDS groups, as well as peoples and national minorities with ethnic, historical, and cultural ties to Azerbaijan, to the ‘Heydar Aliyev-International Education Grant’ program, established in 2024 by the Order of Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan took place and a total of 100 students from 35 countries were granted the opportunity to study in Azerbaijan for the 2024/25 academic year.”

To support the expansion of international cooperation, MFA said, financial contributions were made to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICESCO, OIC, and the UN Library and Archives in Geneva.

“As part of Azerbaijan’s COP29 presidency, support was provided to LDC and SIDS countries, on 27-30 May, financial assistance was allocated for organizing the 4th UN International Conference on SIDS in Antigua and Barbuda, and the LDC Group's Climate Change Strategy and Ministerial Meeting in Malawi on 26-28 August. On 27 August, a Joint Declaration was signed in Tonga between Azerbaijan and the UN, pledging $10 million for five years to support climate action projects in SIDS,” MFA said in a report.

Support was provided for the organization of training on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement for African Union countries this year. Azerbaijan continued its support for the “Alliance to Fight against Avoidable Blindness” (AFAB), implemented in African countries in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and other partners.

“In response to the devastating earthquake in Türkiye last year, by the Order of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, financial assistance was allocated to contribute to restoration and reconstruction efforts in the affected region,” MFA said.