BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. Kyrgyzstan fully supports raising the status of Azerbaijan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to the level of an observer, President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov said at a meeting with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an expanded format on April 20, Trend reports.
"I am glad to note the mutual enrichment of the peoples of our countries through active cultural and humanitarian cooperation. Cultural figures hold regular exchanges and help strengthen the real bridges of friendship between our peoples. In addition, our countries closely cooperate in a multilateral format within international organizations such as the UN, the OSCE, the Organization of Turkic States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the CIS and the Non-Aligned Movement. Kyrgyzstan fully supports raising the status of Azerbaijan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the level of an observer.
Dear Ilham Heydar oglu, all conditions have been created to raise our relations to a qualitatively new level today. In this regard, I sincerely thank you for supporting the initiative of Kyrgyzstan to establish a strategic partnership between our two countries. I am confident that the interstate council established today will definitely create conditions for the further expansion and strengthening of cooperation between our countries," Japarov said.