OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KINGA GONCZ
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Mrs. Kinga Goncz qualified Hungary-Azerbaijan relations as rapidly developing. She said she was in Baku to discuss with various structures of Azerbaijan the possibilities of cooperation between the two countries in economic, energy, agriculture and other fields.
Minister Goncz called Azerbaijan a EU’s close neighbor noting the organization attaches great importance to its new neighborhood policy.
President Ilham Aliyev pointed out his country’s interest to further develop relations with Hungary in various fields. He said with Azerbaijan joining the European Union’s new neighborhood policy, its cooperation with the organization has reached a new level. The President stressed the memorandum of understanding on energy partnership signed between Azerbaijan and EU had created even better opportunities to expand the existing cooperation.