BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 7. Cooperation with China is among the top priorities in Azerbaijan's foreign policy, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said, receiving Special Representative of the Chinese Government on European Affairs Wu Hongbo, Trend reports.
Underlining that he has always supported the one-China policy, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of China, President Ilham Aliyev emphasized that cooperation with China is one of the main priorities of Azerbaijan`s foreign policy. The Azerbaijani leader hailed the strengthening of bilateral relations year by year, adding that cooperation between the two countries is expanding not only on various political platforms, but also in the economic sphere and as part of “One Belt, One Road”. In this regard, the head of state described the increase in the volume of goods transported from China through Azerbaijan to the west as a good example of this.
President Ilham Aliyev recalled his letter to the President of the People's Republic of China during the Covid-19 pandemic, and underlined that Azerbaijan had been one of the world’s first countries to begin vaccination after China’s allocating vaccines to the country. He described this fact as a striking example of friendship between the two countries, adding it had been praised by the people and government of Azerbaijan.