Foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka sign protocol on cooperation
Baku, May 6 (AZERTAC). The ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka have signed a protocol on cooperation.
The document was inked at a meeting of foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and Gamini Lakshman Peiris of Sri Lanka.
Before the signing ceremony, the two ministers discussed how to boost relationship between Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan minister praised political relations between the two countries, adding that bilateral cooperation also covers economic, trade, energy and tourism spheres.
Lakshman Peiris hailed economic development of Azerbaijan. He said official Baku`s securing a seat on the UN Security Council proves the country`s increasing prestige across the world.
Mammadyarov said there was great potential to expand cooperation between Azerbaijan and Sri Lanka in a variety of spheres. He noted Sri Lanka had rich experience in tea production and there were good prospects for development of bilateral cooperation in this sphere. He also said the two countries enjoy great opportunities to cooperate in cultural, energy, tourism and maritime transport areas.
The Sri Lankan minister said his country may benefit from the rich experience and historic traditions of Azerbaijan in energy sphere.
Minister Mammadyarov praised the progress that Sri Lanka had made since the end of war. He also highlighted the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The minister pointed out that because of its aggression policy Armenia isolated itself from development processes in the region. He added official Yerevan would not benefit from these development processes unless it quits its policy of aggression.
The two ministers also discussed the ways of strengthening a legal framework for bilateral collaboration and prospects for cooperation in international organizations, particularly the UN and Non-Aligned Movement.
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