The President of the Azerbaijan Badminton Federation Taleh Ziyadov has met national team players at a training camp in Kuala Lumpur ©Badminton Azerbaijan

The President of the Azerbaijan Badminton Federation has met with members of the national team that have been participating in a training camp at the Petronans Malaysia Badminton Academy since March this year, alongside studying at the same location.

Azerbaijan Badminton Federation President Taleh Ziyadov met with national players Ulvi Huseynov, Amirkhan Imanov and Amina Ismayilova at the academy in Kuala Lumpur.

Ziyadov spoke to the players about their preparations and the conditions at the academy, and said he hoped their experiences would help boost badminton in Azerbaijan.

BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer recently signed a memorandum of support for the development of badminton in Africa with Ziyadov ©Getty Images
BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer recently signed a memorandum of support for the development of badminton in Africa with Ziyadov ©Getty Images

Ziyadov also met with his counterpart at the Malaysian Badminton Federation Muhammad Norza Zakaria, with developing mutual cooperation between the two federations discussed.

Ziyadov and fellow Azerbaijan Badminton Federation officials in general secretary Ramil Hajiyev and national team head coach Morteza Validarvi participated in the annual meeting of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

As part of the meeting, a memorandum of support for the development of badminton in Africa was signed between Ziyadov and BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer.