Baku, Azerbaijan, March 7
Trend:
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Foreign Minister of Georgia Mikheil Janelidze March 7.
Janelidze conveyed the greetings of Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili to the head of state. Saying he was satisfied with his first official visit to Azerbaijan, Janelidze said the two countries` relevant bodies were actively continuing their joint work and projects.
President Aliyev said the relations between the foreign ministers of the two countries were regular, stressing the importance of cooperation between the foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
The president said a number of issues were successfully solved between Azerbaijan and Georgia and the two countries were getting closer to each other, recalling his successful last year visit to Georgia. Noting that the bilateral cooperation actively continued, President Aliyev said there were good opportunities for developing the relations in political, economic, energy, humanitarian areas, as well as in a multilateral format.
The president expressed his confidence that Janelidze`s visit to Azerbaijan would create a good opportunity for reviewing the program of joint events to be held this year.
President Aliyev thanked for the greetings of the Georgian president and prime minister, and asked Janelidze to extend his greetings to the Georgian president and prime minister.