POLITICS
AYDIN AZIMBAYOV: “ COOPERATION BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND AZERBAIJAN EXTENDS”
“Our embassy functions since 1996. For today, it has signed more than 90 contracts, agreements and reports, serving strengthening of friendship and cooperation between two countries.
The important role in development of mutual relations has played mutual official visits of the heads of state of both states. Important documents covering spheres of politics, economy and culture have been signed during the state visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to Uzbekistan.
This year, the Center of the Azerbaijani culture after Heydar Aliyev was opened in Tashkent, before which the monument to our national leader has been erected, and street where the building is located was named after Heydar Aliyev. Opening of monument to great Nizami Ganjavi has taken place in one of picturesque places of Tashkent. Participation of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in all these celebrations pleased 60 thousand of Azerbaijanis living in Uzbekistan”.
Recently with assistance of embassy from Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan, it has been sent 200 thousand tons of grain, and a contract about sale to our country of the oil and gas equipment was signed. Uzbekistan also delivers agricultural machinery to Azerbaijan.
To return cotton growing to Azerbaijan, a group of the Uzbek experts due to efforts of our embassy has been directed to Azerbaijan and also connections between silkworm breeders of two countries were restored.
Noting that in Tashkent, concerts of masters of the arts of Azerbaijan are regularly organized, Mr. Azimbayov said that the embassy is patron of preparation on the Uzbek TV of monthly programs in the Azerbaijan language. The embassy has carried out in Tashkent jubilees of Magsud Sheikzadeh, and in Samarkand - Seyyid Rza Alizadeh. There are regular news conferences in the Embassy where the local and foreign journalists are invited, he stressed.
The ambassador has noted that one of the major moments consists in recognition by Uzbekistan of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
It is confident that widespread cooperation between our countries will develop and henceforth, the Ambassador said.