Azeri foreign minister meets Uruguayan Vice President
Baku, July 29 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijan`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has met with Uruguayan Vice President and President of the General Assembly and Chamber of Senators Danilo Astori, as part of his visit to the country.
According to press service of the Ministry, the meeting discussed a number of issues, including Azerbaijan`s position in international policy, settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as current situation of Azerbaijan-Uruguay relations.
Mammadyarov stressed the importance of expansion of the interparliamentary cooperation, and creation of friendship groups.
Later, the Azeri foreign minister has met with Uruguay`s President of the Chamber of Representatives Jorge Orrico.
Orrico praised the first official visit of the Azerbaijani delegation to Uruguay.
The Azeri minister underlined the special role of interparliamentary cooperation in development of ties between the two countries.
He described the creation of friendship group with Azerbaijan in the Uruguayan parliament as an “historic event” in bilateral relations.
The meeting ended with signing the Act on creation of Uruguay-Azerbaijan friendship group in Uruguayan Parliament.
The document was signed by President of the Chamber of Representatives Jorge Orrico, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Deputies Jaime Trobo and on behalf of the permanent commission on international relations of the Senate Carlos Baraibar, while from Azerbaijani side minister Elmar Mammadyarov and ambassador Mammad Ahmadzade.
The friendship group includes Felipe Carballo, Jose Carlos Mahia, Raul Olivera, Jaime Trobo, Jose Carlos Cardoso, Mario Silveira, German Cardoso, İvan Posada and senator Tabare Viera.
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