After the independence of Azerbaijan , he changed his profession to the field of diplomacy in March 1992 and became Secretary First and Secretary Second at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , and worked as a Secretary Second at the embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran from May 1 , 1995 to November 5 , 1998 . He took part in Diplomatic Courses held in Ankara ( 1993 ) , Tehran ( 1994 , as a head of representation ) and in Cairo ( 2002 , as a head of representation ) . He participated in the talks of President of Azerbaijan Republic , Heydar Aliyev with the delegations of Iran as an interpreter from Persian in 1993-1995 , and was in the delegation during the visits of President to Tehran ( 1994 , 2000 , 2002 ) , Ashgabat ( 1994 ) and Mashhad ( 1996 ) . He made contributions to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Republic of Slovenia . After the end of diplomatic activity in Iran , he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 1998 , and took a position of the head of the department of Middle East and South Asia of the Second Territory Office since 2000 . Vakilov was risen to the rank of the second degree counselor on July 1 , 2003 . On September 15 , 2003 he was appointed a counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Islamic Republic of Iran . After the earthquake occurred on 26 December 2003 in Bam , Kerman province , Iran , Vakilov received an official message of thanks for his support to the brigade of doctors ( 16 people ) , the group of rescuers ( 24 people ) , the members ( 2 people ) of ANC TV channel in their work of broadcasting events to the world on an official journey on 27 – 31 December , and for his support to the arrangement of the work of the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan sent on a journey to Islamic Republic of Iran , for his exemplary and professional work done in a very bad conditions , in cold weather , in the lack of water and food , in a tent set up in a desert while earthquake continued to shake . The official letter of thanks was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to be included in his curriculum vitae
earthquake
2003 Bam earthquake
Javanshir Vakilov