Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 25
Trend:
Azerbaijan is Germany's largest trading partner in the region, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at an expanded meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev Aug. 25.
In turn, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she is very glad to be in Azerbaijan.
“We have already met several times,” she said. “But it's for the first time that I am visiting this country. Our relations are multifaceted. We have repeatedly met within international organizations, on the sidelines of international meetings, and I think that this visit will provide a fresh impetus to our relations.”
“We can also expand our relations in the field of culture,” she noted. “Two hundred years pass since the establishment of the first German colony in Azerbaijan. Some people are not even aware of this fact. We can enhance our economic relations. Azerbaijan is Germany's largest trade partner in this region.”
“We will probably touch upon some critical points,” she said. “This is human rights and humanitarian situation. We will also talk about a problem which severely impedes this region. This is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and Germany wants to support its solution.”