OFFICIAL NEWS
MEETINGS IN US CONGRESS
The same day, President Aliyev arrived at the US Congress. President of Azerbaijan had a series of meetings at Congress. He met with members of working group on Azerbaijan Congressman Curt Weldon and Solomon Ortiz, a group of members of the energy and external relations committee of the House of Representatives, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations Appropriations and chairman of the external relations committee Richard Lugar.
Speaking of the US-Azerbaijan relations, the Congressman and Senators noted importance of the further expansion of strategic partnership between two countries and cover new fields.
President Ilham Aliyev said he attaches great importance to his visit to Washington, stressing that the meetings and negotiations would give new impetus to development of cooperation ties.
In the meeting, discussed were numerous fields of bilateral relations, the ongoing processes in Republic, the leading role of country in region, its participation in international questions, in anti-terror coalition and other issues of mutual interest.