Korean Prime-minister's Wife's visit to Azerbaijan University of Languages
On May 19, Hong Sojani, Korean Prime-minister's wife, met with the teaching staff and students of the Chair and Translation Department of the Korean Language.
Opening the meeting, Samad Seyidov, MP and Rector of Azerbaijan University of Languages, noted that beside teaching the traditional languages - English, German and French, the Korean Language is also taught at our University. Emphasizing the teaching process of the Korean Language since 1994, professor Samad Seyidov said: "Today at Azerbaijan University of Languages other languages such as, Spanish, Italian, Malaysian, Indonesian, Norwegian and Hebrew are also taught." Drawing attention to the beginning of enlargening spectrum of the Korean Language in the teaching process at Azerbaijan University of Languages, Samad Seyidov pointed out that today 35 specialists on the Korean Language worked here. Rector Samad Seyidov emphasized on the development of relationships between Azerbaijan and South Korea and Mrs. Hong Sojani's visit with great pleasure and expressed strong believe in the improvement of studying and learning the Korean Language more deeply in nearest future.
Korean citizen and the Head of the Chair of the Korean language, Che Ho, informing about his chair, said: "Beside Azeri teachers 4 Korean teachers work at the Chair. They teach the Korean Language with great symphasy and students also learn it with great pleasure."
Then Mrs. Hong Sojani spoke. Emphasizing her first visit to Azerbaijan, "Country of Fires" with ancient culture and history, Mrs. Hong Sojani noted: "One of the main characteristics of each nation is its language". She also added that she was very pleased that students chose not the world-wide spread languages such as English, German and French, but the Korean Language and accentuated that as a result of rapid development of economic and cultural relations between Azerbaijan and South Korea the investment, put by the Korean enterprises in Azerbaijan, guarantees the work places for the specialist who know the Korean language.
At the end of the meeting the guest gave answers to student's different questions and presented books to some of them. The carpet presented by Rector Samad Seyidov to Mrs. Hong Sojani was met with great pleasure.