PRIME MINITER OF AZERBAIJAN MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER OF GEORGIA
Having congratulated Mrs. Salome Zurabishvili on her appointment to the high office, Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh noted that Azerbaijan attaches great significance to development of political, economic and cultural relations with neighboring Georgia. Underlining the importance of intensifying Azerbaijan-Georgia joint economic commission’s activity, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with successful joint implementation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum oil and gas pipelines projects, and pointed to their good perspectives for the region.
However, Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh noted touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict that destructive position of Armenia has a very negative impact on both realization of the mentioned projects and development of the region as whole.
Thanking the Prime Minister for the sincere meeting, Mrs. Salome Zurabishvili informed him in detail on the fruitful meetings and talks she had had in Baku. The Georgian Foreign Minister pointed to Azerbaijan’s economic revival in a short period and drastic differences in development between the two neighboring countries, and expressed confidence in continuation of their close cooperation for the sake of reestablishment of peace and stability in the region, fair settlement of the conflicts and further economic progress.
During the meeting held in the sincere atmosphere, the parties also exchanged views on a number of other issues of mutual interests.
Present at the meeting were Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia Ramiz Hasanov and Ambassador of Georgia to Azerbaijan Zurab Gumberidzeh.
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