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INDIAN-AZERBAIJANI RELATIONS HAVE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS AND THEY ARE ACCELERATING AT PRESENT
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev received credentials of the newly appointed ambassador of the Republic of India to Azerbaijan On 2 July, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev received at the Presidential Palace credentials of the newly appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Azerbaijan Jyoti Svarup Pande.Presenting his credentials, the Indian ambassador said it was an honor for him to present his credentials to the president of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and stressed that the relations between India and Azerbaijan had deep historical roots both in the field of cultural and trade and that he would do his utmost to enlarge these ties. He wished health to President of Azerbaijan.Receiving credentials of the Indian ambassador, President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev congratulated him on new appointment, wished him success.‘We cooperated in past, had trade and other links and we wish to enlarge them’, the President said. ‘We always regarded well your country. We have similar and common features, customs and traditions that were preserved for centuries’, President Heydar Aliyev underscored.President Heydar Aliyev and ambassador Jyoti Svarup Pande were photographed.Foreign minister of Azerbaijan Vilayat Guliyev, chief of President Secretariat Dilara Seyidzadeh, head of the foreign relations department Novruz Mammadov participated at the reception.