Baku, Azerbaijan, June 1
Trend:
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by OSCE Chairperson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic on June 1.
Recalling with satisfaction his last meeting with Dacic, the president noted the importance of his visit to Azerbaijan as the OSCE chairperson.
Dacic greeted the president on behalf of President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. He said the Serbian president will attend the opening ceremony of the first European Games to be held in Azerbaijan. Highlighting Vucic`s recent visit to Azerbaijan, Dacic said the Serbian prime minister was satisfied with his visit.
The sides discussed prospects for Azerbaijan-OSCE cooperation, development of Azerbaijani-Serbian bilateral relations in various areas, including in political, economic, energy, and humanitarian ones, negations to solve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, situation on the line of contact, the delay of the problem, the existence of double standards on the dispute, and other issues.
The president thanked for the greetings of President Nikolic and Prime Minister Vucic, and asked Dacic to convey his greetings to the Serbian president and prime minister.