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Azerbaijan`s First Lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, UNESCO and ISESCO Goodwill Ambassador, MP Mehriban Aliyeva received the “Person of the Year” award of National Hero Chingiz Mustafayev Foundation and ANS Group of Companies.

Mehriban Aliyeva was honored for her role as chair of the Organizing Committee in excellently delivering the first European Games, and her outstanding contribution to promoting Azerbaijan worldwide, ensuring mutual integration of Azerbaijani and global cultures, preserving and promoting multiculturalism in the country, and for her charity activity.

Vice-President of ANS Group of Companies Mirshahin Agayev and its President Vahid Mustafayev addressed the awarding ceremony held on March 1, Azertac reported.

The ceremony also featured a video clip about the activity of President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva.

Vahid Mustafayev presented a diploma of “Person of the Year” award and prize money to First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.

Mehriban Aliyeva said that prize money would be transferred to the Rehabilitation Center for People with Down Syndrome whose construction was initiated by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

Mehriban Aliyeva first received the award in 2005.

The Heydar Aliyev Foundation chaired by Mehriban Aliyeva aims to support socio-economic and humanitarian development within the country and abroad. Charity is one of the key priorities in the activities of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. The Heydar Aliyev Foundation also places special emphasis on the mutual enrichment of various cultures and civilizations, the expansion of dialogue among nations, and the preservation of the traditions of tolerance.