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Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 21
Trend:
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Director General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri.
Altwaijri thanked President Aliyev for support to excellent organization of the "2017- Year of Islamic Solidarity: Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue" international conference. Altwaijri noted the importance of the conference and the fact that representatives of different religions attended the event. The ISESCO director general hailed President Aliyev's impressive speech at the conference.
President Aliyev thanked Altwaijri for the warm words and emphasized the significance of the ISESCO director general's participation and speech at the conference. The president praised Altwaijri's fair stance on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that he voiced in his speech at the conference as well as other events.
The ISESCO director general noted that ongoing comprehensive, sustainable development processes in Azerbaijan and outstanding achievements made by the country under the leadership of President Aliyev spark great interest in the Islamic world and beyond.
They underlined the successful cooperation between Azerbaijan and ISESCO, expressing their confidence that bilateral relations will continue strengthening.