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NEW STAGE IN AZERBAIJAN-JAPAN RELATIONS VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN TO JAPAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV MEETS CHAIRMAN OF ITOCHU CORPORATION
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 10 March in Tokyo in his residence received Mr. Uchiro Niwa, Chairman of the Itochu Corporation.
Noting that he feels honor to meet the President of Azerbaijan in Japan, Mr. Niwa said the visit would give impulse to the relations between two countries, also reminded his meeting with Mr. Aliyev during the Nagano Winter Olympic in 1998. President Heydar Aliyev’s historical visit to Japan has special role in development of our relations, he stated. The Japanese business attaches great importance to arrange links with Azerbaijan.
Expressing gratitude for kind words, President Ilham Aliyev said he had been in Japan in 1996, before the Nagano Olympic. All conditions have been created for activity of the Japanese companies in Azerbaijan and this will boost up development of bilateral ties, President of Azerbaijan emphasized.