PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV MEETS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER
The Minister expressed confidence that President Ilham Aliyev’s first official visit to Japan will play an important role in enhancing cooperation between the two countries.
He said Azerbaijan is located at strategically very important region, and that his country attaches particular significance to its relations with Azerbaijan.
The Minister recalled the official visit to Japan by national leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev in 1998. He said that visit marked intensification of Azerbaijan-Japan relationship. According to him, this visit by President Ilham Aliyev will open a new stage of bilateral cooperation.
Mr. Aso pointed out that Japan supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and will continue to do so at various international events.
President Ilham Aliyev said important steps had been taken towards cementing the Azerbaijan-Japan cooperation, and further improvement of the existing relationship. He expressed his views on a number of issues of mutual interests.
The Head of State expressed confidence that this visit will mark a new stage of the Azerbaijan-Japan relationship, noting that numerous meetings he had here in Japan were very successful in terms of enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Taro Aso touched on Japanese companies’ close involvement in development of oil fields in Azerbaijan, and favorable investment opportunities existing in the country.
They also discussed the Azerbaijan’s most painful problem, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorny Karabakh. President Ilham Aliyev outlined the current situation, and expressed official stance of his country with regard to the ways of the conflict’s resolution.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to Japan continues.
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