The first stage of major repairs to a city polyclinic damaged during the Russian occupation of 2022 has been completed in Irpin, Kyiv region. The reconstruction was carried out with financial support from the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). The Azerbaijani Embassy in Ukraine also contributed to the restoration.
The first stage included major repairs and insulation of the facades and roof, replacement of windows, and renovation of the entrance areas. The SOCAR Blago Charitable Foundation allocated 60 million hryvnias for this work.
The second stage of the clinic’s restoration, also financed by SOCAR, involves the construction of a shelter, the installation of a fire alarm system, and ventilation. The overhaul of the clinic is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.
Earlier it was reported that the city of Irpin had already been 80% restored after the destruction caused by hostilities in the spring of 2022.
Azerbaijani-Ukrainian diplomatic relations were officially established on February 6, 1992, after Azerbaijan recognized Ukraine’s independence. During Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv temporarily suspended its work, but resumed operations on April 30, 2022.
SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic) is Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company, founded in 1992. Its headquarters are located in Baku. SOCAR extracts oil and natural gas onshore and offshore in the Caspian Sea, operates the country’s only oil refinery and gas processing plant, and operates several export oil and gas pipelines.
SOCAR began operations in Ukraine in 2009. Today, the SOCAR network in Ukraine has more than 60 gas stations in various regions of the country, including Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and other cities.
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