Governed by Clause 32 of Article 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, I hereby resolve as follows:

1. To approve the “Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the sphere of culture between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Iraq” signed in Baku on 9 April 2011.

2. To task the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan with executing the provisions of the Memorandum mentioned in Clause 1 of the present Decree.

3. To task the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan with informing the Republic of Iraq side of the execution of necessary state procedures for the enactment of the said Memorandum.

Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku city, 7 June 2011