Baku, Azerbaijan, May 27
By Ali Mustafayev - Trend:
French President Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan at the end of this year, said Jean-Yves Le Drian, the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France at a press-conference in Baku May 27.
“In July 2018, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is expected to visit France. The French president, in turn, accepted the reciprocal invitation, and plans to visit Azerbaijan in December 2018”, he said.
Jean-Yves Le Drian stressed that a series of visits at a high level will serve to further expand bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and France.
“At present, we closely cooperate with Azerbaijan in a number of key areas for us, including agriculture, energy, transport, high technologies, ecology and education. In the summer of 2018, we plan to step up the work of the Azerbaijani-French intergovernmental economic commission in these areas”, the minister said.
He noted that France has always supported Azerbaijan from the first days of its independence, and will continue its policy of cooperation in the future.