POLITICS
MEETING IN THE MILLI MAJLIS
Warmly greeting the guest, the Chairman said: although it has been over 10 years since establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Libya, our inter-parliamentary links and cooperation in other spheres have not yet reach a desirable level. Besides, the joint commission founded in 2003 to develop relationship between our two countries has not yet commenced its activity. It is Azerbaijan’s interest that the commission to start functioning, and the country will take appropriate efforts to this end.
Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Mr. Murtuz Alasgarov expressed gratitude to the Libyan Government for supporting Azerbaijan in this issue.
Mr. Mustafa Muhammad Shahtur thanked the Chairman for the warm meeting and stated of his country’s interest in development of bilateral relations with Azerbaijan. He described the goal of this meeting as conducting consultations in connection with start of the joint commission’s activity, and on a number of other issues. The diplomat said Libya had always supported Azerbaijan in relation to settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and that this policy would be continued in future.
The charge d'affaires has invited the Chairman of the Milli Majlis to visit Libya to discuss perspectives of bilateral relationship’s development.
Mr. Murtuz Alasgarov expressed his gratitude for the invitation and announced that related notification on the date of the visit would be provided through diplomatic channels.
The Chairman of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan and Charge d'affaires of Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in Azerbaijan have exchanged views on a number of other issues of mutual interest, as well.