Javanshir Vakilov

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.

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.

He was a member of editorial boards of books of Jamil Hasanli "Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyətinin xarici siyasəti (1918-1920)" (Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920)), Baku, 2009 and “Внешняя политика Азербайджанской Демократической Республики (1918-1920)” (Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)), Москва.

He wrote manuals for the subjects “Foreign policy of the Near and Middle East countries” and “Modern Diplomacy” and gave them to the library of the academy.

They were published in several languages including Azerbaijani, Russian and Persian in the different newspapers and journals of Baku, Teheran, Tabriz, Moscow and Dushanbe.

He has a huge role in the introduction of Samad Vurgun and his literary activities, as well 90th and 100th anniversaries of poet in the Iran media.

“Anadillər” narrative was published in the journal “Azeri” (Nation language and literature) under the editorship of Behzad Behzadi in Azerbaijani but with Arab scripts.

Orientalist Tadeusz Swietochowski of the United States relied upon the Vakilov's works in his book “Russia and a borderland in transition Azerbaijan”.

He was playing together with Sergey Salnikov – champion of Melbourne Olympics, former forward of Moscow “Spartak”, Yuri Sedov – 2nd trainer of USSR national team, defender of “Spartak”, Vladimir Streshnıy – former forward of Moscow CASP, Victor Chigirin – world champion on hockey.