According to the official website of the President of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, co-chairman of Azerbaijan-Iran State Commission on Economic, Trade and Humanitarian Cooperation Mahmoud Vaezi.
The Azerbaijani head of state noted that the agenda of the bilateral relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran was very broad and covered almost all areas, adding that very good results were achieved.
President Ilham Aliyev praised the activity of Mahmoud Vaezi and his role in expanding ties between the two countries. He further noted with pleasure his recent official visit to Iran and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's forthcoming official visit to Azerbaijan, and described this as a good sign of high-level and dynamic development of relations between the two countries.
Mahmoud Vaezi, for his part, extended sincere greetings of President Hassan Rouhani to Azerbaijan’s head of state. The Iranian Minister hailed the role of President Ilham Aliyev in enhancing the bilateral relations and friendly ties between the two countries.
At the meeting, the sides discussed political and economic ties between the two countries and cooperation in the Caspian Sea, and exchanged views over the prospects for relations in energy, oil-gas, transport, investment making, finance, banking, agricultural, tourism and healthcare fields.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked for the greetings of President Hassan Rouhani, and asked the Minister to communicate his greetings to the Iranian president.
Mahmoud Vaezi heading a delegation arrived in Baku on Monday for a two-day visit aimed at making necessary preparations for the upcoming visit of President Hassan Rouhani to the Eurasian country on August 8. During his stay, Vaezi also held talks with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister, Economy Minister and Minister of Information and Communications Technology.
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