BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 7. Efforts should be made to boost the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said, receiving credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria Rouslan Stoyanov, Trend reports.
Emphasizing that the two countries are close and strategic partners, the head of state expressed confidence that the bilateral ties would continue to develop. Touching upon the importance of the high-level reciprocal visits, President Ilham Aliyev underlined that these trips, which demonstrate the friendly ties, featured the adoption of decisions on very important issues on the bilateral agenda.
The head of state highlighted the energy sector as one of the areas of current cooperation. The Azerbaijani leader touched upon the importance of the South Gas Corridor project, and expressed hope that both countries would continue to be close partners in terms of ensuring energy security for the many years to come. President Ilham Aliyev said that implementation of joint projects had enabled Bulgaria to evolve into the transit country for the Azerbaijani gas.
The Azerbaijani President pointed out there is potential for development of cooperation in other spheres along with the energy one, and highlighted the importance of making efforts to boost the trade turnover.