The next meeting of the Scientific Council was held at the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Council, corresponding member of ANAS, professor Alovsat Guliyev.At the meeting, head of the Institute's "Soil geographic information systems" laboratory -Amin Ismayilov, corresponding member of ANAS, presented the final report for 2023. He gave brief information about the scientific research works performed in the laboratory according to the subject plan in the reporting year and "Development of the scientific basis of the Land Geographical Information System of Azerbaijan in accordance with the requirements of international integration" and noted that the topic includes 4 work.

   Then, the final reports presented were widely discussed by the council members. The "Soil genesis, geography and cartography" laboratory presented its final report for 2023.The leading scientific worker of the laboratory, Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences - Sultan Huseynova gave brief information about the scientific research works performed in the laboratory according to the subject plan in the reporting year. She noted that, "Genetic diagnosis and mapping of taxonomic units of Azerbaijani soils using innovative methods (Soil geographic information systems and structure of soil cover, a complex subject with soil physics laboratories)" included 7 works.

   The presented final reports were widely discussed by the council members and questions were answered. At the end, the annual report of both laboratories for 2023 was voted and accepted.