CANADA ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF LINKS WITH AZERBAIJAN
During the meeting, Minister Vilayat Guliyev noted that the visit would be very useful for strengthening friendly relations and business contacts between Azerbaijan and Canada, and expressed deep confidence of its positive impact on the perspectives of cooperation between the two countries. He said he was a supporter of expanding Canada-Azerbaijan relations in all spheres, and continuation of the countries’ cooperation in the international organizations.
According Mr. David Preston said the goal of the visit was to exchange views concerning expansion of the relations between Azerbaijan and Canada in various spheres, and stressed his country attached importance to the development of mutually beneficial links and closer cooperation in the frameworks of the international organizations.
Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev told the guest in detail of the work carried out for settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, hard living conditions of over 1 million of refugees, and mentioned the importance to intensify efforts by international community for urgent resolution of the problem on the base of international law.
Speaking of the processes taking place in Azerbaijan, the Minister pointed out that despite existing difficulties, the country had gained progress in the sphere of building civilized and democratic society. Touching upon the successful construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, he noted that Azerbaijan is a regional leader in the sphere of economic development.
As of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Mr. Preston expressed hope that the problem would be peacefully settled soon due to joint efforts of the international community.
The parties have also discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.
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