The Azerbaijan government delegation headed by the Vice Minister Jeyhun Salmanov of the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovation made a visit to KAIST and had a meeting with President Sung-Chul Shin on Oct. 1. During the meeting, Vice Minister Salmanov expressed the hope to establish close partnership with KAIST in their effort to launch the Caucasus Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. President Shin agreed further to discuss the plan in collaboration with three Caucasus countries including Azerbaijan.