Azerbaijan, Baku, 27 September /corr. Trend N.Abdullayeva / Azerbaijan and Iraq will develop co-operation with regards to the youth policy. The protocol on intentions on co-operation with regards to the youth policy, sport and culture was signed by the Ministers of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan, Azad Rahimov and Iraq, Jasim Muhammad on 27 September in Baku.
The document envisages joint measures to solve the unemployment problem amongst young people, develop co-operation in the sphere of education of youth and sport.
"The problems of young people are similar in all countries and our task is to help their solution through joint efforts," Mohammad said at the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart.
He said that for many years the youth of the two countries lived under one party ideology and were not free. "Today both countries are independent and our young people have all possibilities to be developed," the Minister said.
The Minister of Youth and Sport of Iraq arrived in Azerbaijan to attend the World Youth Employment Summit, which took place on 24-27 September in the capital of Azerbaijan.
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