POLITICS
Iraqi Youth and Sports Minister meets Azeri MP
Baku, December 2 (AZERTAC). Visiting Iraq, member of the Azerbaijan-Iraq interparliamentary friendship group, MP, Ganira Pashayeva has met Youth and Sports Minister Jasim Mohammed Jaafar.
They discussed the current level of and prospects for relationship between the two countries.
The Minister said his country was interested in development of cooperation with Azerbaijan which he described as “brother”. He underscored the necessity of expansion of both interparliamentary and intergovernmental ties.
The Minister said “We love Azerbaijan and will always stand by this fraternal country.”
For her part, Pashayeva said Azerbaijan attaches great importance to boosting relations with Iraq.
Pashayeva briefed the Iraqi Minister on the atrocities committed by Armenians in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. She expressed belief that Iraq would continue to support Azerbaijan`s fair position.
Pashayeva handed over books and other materials featuring Azerbaijani culture and history to the Iraqi Minister.