Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 31
By Seba Aghayeva – Trend:
Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Qatar is developing day by day and the two countries’ positions coincide on international issues, said Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.
The minister made the remarks at a joint briefing with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Baku Jan. 31.
Mammadyarov also noted that Azerbaijan and Qatar plan to intensify economic cooperation.
A meeting of the two countries intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation will be held in Baku today, he added.
Azerbaijan and Qatar intend to develop cooperation in the energy sphere, agriculture, tourism, within international and regional organizations, said Mammadyarov adding that it is also planned to expand the contractual legal base.
The minister noted that 15 agreements on bilateral cooperation have been prepared. The documents are planned to be signed during the high-level negotiations, which will be held in Doha in 2017, he added.
The Azerbaijani foreign minister also expressed gratitude to Qatar for the support in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and hope for its continuation in the future.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts. The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.