Baku, July 6 (AzerTAC). Members of Azerbaijan-Belgium working group on interparliamentary relations met with Azerbaijani deputy Prime Minister, chairman of the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov.

Hasanov updated the guests on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh conflict. He provided information about living conditions and social welfare of refugees and IDPs.

The Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister praised international organizations` activity towards improvement of social conditions of refugees and IDPs. He noted Azerbaijani government allocated 4.5 billion dollar to refugees last 20 years.

Hasanov also touched on the development of relations between Azerbaijan and Belgium.

Speaking in the meeting, a member of the Belgian parliament and head of the delegation Philippe Blanchard noted existence of ‘good relations’ between two countries` parliaments. “Belgium is interested in particularly cultural, educational cooperation with Azerbaijan”, he added.

Blanchard stressed Azerbaijan is a tolerant country. According to him, both countries enjoy good interparliamentary cooperation. He noted Armenian diaspora has exisited for many years in Europe, actively using a factor of religion in their propaganda. 

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