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Four agreements signed between Azerbaijan and Greece (UPDATED)

Politics Materials 16 February 2009 21:25 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 16 /corr. Trend E.Ostapenko / The talks between the Presidents of Greece, Karolos Papoulias and Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, culminated in the signature of four bilateral agreements: one for avoiding double taxation and preventing tax evasion; a flight services agreement; an infotech and communications agreement; and finally a memorandum of understanding in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency sectors, Athenian official news agency reported.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev's official visit to Athena started on Feb. 16. This is the first official visit of Azerbaijan President to Greece.   

Aliyev noted the significance of the visit, expressing confidence that it would result in an improvement and new period of progress in bilateral relations.

In statements afterward, Papoulias said the two countries gave priority to energy issues, investments, trade and cooperation in cultural and educational matters. He said the talks with Aliyev had also focused on Azerbaijan's relations with the European Union, in the framework of strengthening the Community's relations with Baku.

He also emphasized the issue of energy security, saying that Azerbaijan had done a lot to give the rest of the world access to its considerable energy resources.

Azerbaijan's president said a meeting between business people of the two countries on Tuesday would undoubtedly lead to a host of opportunities for business on both sides.

The relationship that Greece is now developing with Azerbaijan will help in this direction, Aliyev said.

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