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Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 26
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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation headed by Pakistan’s Defense Production Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain Sept. 26.
Touching upon the importance of the visit of Pakistan’s defense production minister to Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev noted the significance of the Pakistani minister’s participation in Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition (ADEX 2016).
President Aliyev recalled with satisfaction the visit of Pakistani president Mamnoon Hussein to Azerbaijan, praised the visit as a good indicator of sincere and fraternal relations between the two countries.
The president noted the high level of relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, the fact that the two countries always support each other at all international organizations and expressed his gratitude for the support in the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Ilham Aliyev noted that Azerbaijan, in turn, also supports Pakistan in the Kashmir issue, and added that Pakistan is one of the nearest and biggest friendly countries for Azerbaijan.
He expressed confidence in further successful development of cooperation in the sphere of defense and military industry between Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Defense Production Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain expressed satisfaction with his next visit to Azerbaijan.
The minister on behalf of Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif invited President Ilham Aliyev to his country. He noted with satisfaction the highest respect of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to President Ilham Aliyev.
President Ilham Aliyev received the invitation of the Pakistani prime minister with gratitude.