Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 20
By Seba Aghayeva – Trend:
Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will outline further ways of cooperation development both in political and economic spheres during an official visit of the UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source told Trend Feb. 20.
Currently, the work is underway in order to organize the upcoming visit scheduled for May 21, according to the preliminary agreements.
Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and the UAE, particularly, its political component is at a high level: relations between the countries are based on a multidirectional cooperation by considering mutual interests. The UAE is one of Azerbaijan’s important partners in Persian Gulf and the Middle East region. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan is the most important partner of the UAE in the Caucasus.
Both countries have close positions on many international issues. Azerbaijan and the UAE actively cooperate both on the bilateral basis and within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), United Nations (UN) and other international organizations.
The UAE unequivocally supports Azerbaijan’s fair position in resolutions adopted by the OIC, UN and other international organizations in connection with the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan and the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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.
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