BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 30. Representatives of the Jewish community fought shoulder-to-shoulder with us for our territorial integrity, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in a joint press statement with the President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog, Trend reports.
"Representatives of Jewish community, citizens of Azerbaijan, people who contributed and contribute a lot to the modern development of our country. They fought shoulder-to-shoulder with us, with all the other representatives of ethnic groups in Azerbaijan for our independence, and for our territorial integrity. And today this factor is important not only for successful development of Azerbaijan, intercultural peace and friendship but also for our bilateral relations. I know that Azerbaijani representatives who live in Israel also play an important role in building bridges between our countries. We have diaspora organizations of Azerbaijanis all over the world. But only in one country, in Israel, they are predominantly consist of people of Jewish origin. And this is really a demonstration that there is no distinction, no division between us," President Ilham Aliyev said.