A general meeting marking the 70th jubilee of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) has been held.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the meeting.

The head of state addressed the event.

Speakers at the meeting included president of ANAS, academician Akif Alizade, Nobel laureate, professor George Fitzgerald Smoot, and director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, academician Viktor Matveyev.