BAHRAIN BACKS AZERBAIJAN OVER NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Azerbaijan Minister updated his Bahraini counterpart on the existing socio-political situation in Azerbaijan and Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan, economic development of the country, commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline, and laying of Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum gas pipeline.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa invited S. Abiyev to pay an official visit to Bahrain and expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for supporting the Kingdom’s stance towards a number of important issues.
“We believe that Azerbaijan will restore its territorial integrity with the help of Allah. The Kingdom of Bahrain resolutely supports Azerbaijan in this issue,” said Bahraini Minister.
S. Abiyev stressed that Azerbaijan prefers to live at peace with the neighboring states and tries to find a peaceful solution to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. However, Armenia’s destructive stance impedes settlement of the conflict. If negotiations fail, we will use all the possible means to liberate our lands, S. Abiyev said.
According to Azerbaijan Minister, with the economy develping, Azerbaijan reinforces its the Armed Forces with up-to-date hardware and ammunition.
Then, the sides shared their views on the military and political situation in the South Caucasus and the Near East, cooperation of Azerbaijan with Turkey, USA and NATO.