POLITICS
`THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE ON COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN`
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia places particular emphasis on cooperation with Azerbaijan, said Thursday Saudi ambassador in Baku Ali Hassan Jaffar at an Eid Al-Adha celebration held by the Embassy at the Baku Entertainment Center.
The ambassador congratulated the Azeri people on Eid Al-Adha and spoke about the friendly relations between the two states.
Ali Hassan Jaffar noted “our cooperation continues strengthening within international organizations as in all fields”.
Member of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijan Parliament), head of Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia parliamentary friendship group Fattah Heydarov stressed the role of the two states` leaders in strengthening bilateral relations.
He said “documents signed during the nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev`s visit to the Kingdom in 1994 created a legal basis for expansion of our cooperation”.
He noted President Ilham Aliyev attaches great importance to development of relationships with Saudi Arabia.
The Azeri parliamentarian expressed his gratitude to the Saudi government for rendering humanitarian assistance to Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced people, as well as for supporting Azerbaijan`s just stance on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenia.