Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend S.Agayeva / Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran should be brought to higher level, Allahshukur Pashazade, Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Clerical Board, said on 12 September in a meeting with Ahad Gazai, the chairman of the Iranian-Azerbaijani friendship group, former Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan.
'I would like the political relations between the two countries to be on high level like in the religious sector," he said.
It comes as the first visit of members of the Iranian -Azerbaijani friendship group to Azerbaijan, Gazai said Azerbaijan and Iran are the friendly countries, while there have always been forces desiring to impede good neighborhood relations between the two countries. The Group includes representatives from different spheres of society, who will put every effort for the expansion of relations between the two countries.
Members of the Iranian-Azerbaijani friendship group plans to hold several meetings at the state bodies of the country.