BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 18. Italy is Azerbaijan’s closest partner in the European Union, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said at the meeting with Chief Executive Director of “Leonardo” Alessandro Profumo in Munich, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani leader described the Azerbaijan visits of three Italian ministers in recent months as a real indicator of development of bilateral relations, adding Azerbaijan places a special weight on cooperation with Leonardo, one of the Italy’s leading firms.
The Azerbaijani President underscored the importance of expanding the existing cooperation in the defense industry.
President Ilham Aliyev said Italy-Azerbaijan energy cooperation is successfully developing, citing the participation of “Ansaldo Energia” company in construction of the 1,280-MW thermal power plant as an example of this.