Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 18 / Trend , S.Aghayeva/
Heads of the two chambers of the Swiss Parliament have been invited to visit Azerbaijan.
Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament, Oktay Asadov during meetings with the head of the National Council, Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi, and the head of the Council of Cantonese, Alain Berset invited them to pay official visits to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Switzerland, Elchin Amirbayov told Trend on Sept. 18.
During the first official visit to Switzerland, the Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament debated in both chambers the cooperation between the parliaments, the activities of the friendship group with Azerbaijan in the Swiss Parliament, informed the Swiss side about the situation in the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
"The Swiss side has confirmed the importance of developing inter-parliamentary relations with Azerbaijan, given the country's role in the region, and interest in Azerbaijan, which has increased significantly worldwide in recent years," said the ambassador.
The Azerbaijani delegation was received by the Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Micheline Calmy-Rey, who expressed satisfaction with the relationship between the countries that emerged over the past few years. The sides exchanged views on the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, on Switzerland's role in promoting stability in South Caucasus, the ambassador said.
The sole purpose of Switzerland is to assist in restoring peace and stability in South Caucasus, and in this context, it takes some effort to bring together the Armenian-Turkish relations, also represents the interests of Russia in Georgia and Georgia in Russia, which, in principle, consistent with the general lines of the Swiss policy on mediation, the ambassador said, referring to the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.
The Azerbaijani delegation, which also includes the members of the Parliamentary Friendship Group from Azerbaijan, Asim Mollazade, Chingiz Asadullayev and Elton Mammadov, today has visited several industrial sites in northern Switzerland.
Today the delegation will return to their homeland.