Baku, Azerbaijan, April 26
Trend:
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo April 26.
Garcia-Margallo recalled his previous visits to Azerbaijan.
President Aliyev stressed the successful activity of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, which was established on the joint initiative of Turkey and Spain, and hailed Spain`s support for the Alliance. The president described the Spanish foreign minister`s participation in the Baku forum as an example of this support.
They noted the importance of the Forum in discussing outstanding tasks in complicated international situation and against the background of international relations. The sides expressed confidence that this important event would give a strong positive message to the international community.
During the conversation, the parties exchanged views over Azerbaijan-European Union cooperation, and the ways of settling the Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.