Azerbaijan, Baku, 26 May / Trend /
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation led by President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Jean-Claude Mignon.
The Head of State hailed the Azerbaijan-PACE cooperation as successful, and stressed the role of reciprocal visits and meetings in expanding the relations.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon`s visit would open up good opportunities for discussing prospects for the bilateral cooperation.
Jean-Claude Mignon said he was pleased to be visiting Azerbaijan for the second time, adding he witnessed rapid development processes in the country. He stressed the importance of Azerbaijan`s achievements, particularly in the economic area. Jean-Claude Mignon said one of the aims of the visit was to discuss preparations ahead of Azerbaijan`s presidency of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers.
They discussed cooperation between Azerbaijan and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.