POLITICS
Azerbaijani Ambassador awarded high state order of Brazilian State of Goias
Baku, July 26, AZERTAC
Governor of the Brazilian State of Goias Jose Eliton de Figueredo Junior has presented high state order, Ordem do Mérito Anhanguera, to the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Brazil Elkhan Polukhov for his contribution to the establishment and development of relations between Azerbaijan and Goias.
Addressing the award ceremony, Governor Jose Eliton de Figueredo Junior thanked Ambassador Polukhov for his efforts to build and develop relations between Azerbaijan and Brazilian state of Goias.
Ambassador Polukhov thanked Goias Governor for the high award. He pointed to the photo exhibitions and a business forum held in the State of Goias this year on the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Brazil.
The ambassador also drew the audience`s attention to the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as the illegal arrest of Dilgam Asgarov and Shahbaz Guliyev in the Armenia-occupied territories of Azerbaijan.