On Monday Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by Lars Danielson, the State Secretary of the Swedish Prime Minister’s Office.
The head of state underlined Azerbaijan’s interests in the development of bilateral relationships with Stockholm noting the huge unused potential of the Azerbaijani-Swedish cooperation in need of upgrade.
President Aliyev noted that he will hence continue developing the relationships with Sweden under the European Union’s New Neighborhood Policy..
Aliyev voiced his hope that the Swedish leadership would support Azerbaijan’s aspiration for the development of cooperation under the EU program.
The head of state also informed on the resolution on opening of an Azerbaijani embassy in Stockholm, which testifies for a will to develop bilateral relationships with Sweden.
In his turn Danielson announced that his delegation visited Baku with regard to establish mutually profitable contacts.
В"Potential of the economic relationships between the two countries was not fully used. We will carry out active work on attraction of Swedish entrepreneurs to the Azerbaijani economy,В" the diplomat underlined.
He voiced his hope that successful oil policy of Azerbaijan will have positive impact on economic development of the country in whole.