Today, on February 8, Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, has received Goran Lenmarker, the Chairman of PA OSCE, a source in the Azerbaijan Presidential Administration told Trend.
Events happening in the region, economic situation, and large-scale projects being implemented were discussed during the meeting. The Head of the Azerbaijani State noted that there had been positive changes in the region; however the existing conflicts impeded the general development. Mr. Aliyev noted that he had visited Georgia due to the launch of the implementation of the project on building railway Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku, and said that this project was an extremely important one. The President noted that due to the Armenian aggression, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has been broken. He added that despite of some obstacles and barriers, Azerbaijan's economy was dynamically developing and the country had turned to be a reliable energy carriers supplier.
Mr. Lenmarker noted that he had become a eyewitness of Azerbaijan's high economic development. At the same time, he marked it as a very important factor that the population of the country was mainly optimistic. He stressed that Azerbaijan developed not only economically, but also in many other spheres.