Azerbaijani parliament speaker meets with Iran’s president, foreign minister and other top officials
Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Ogtay Asadov met with the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad within his visit to Iran.
11:31 / 22.02.2010 They discussed the development of relations between the two countries, APA reports quoting AzerTac news agency. Peace talks over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno Karabakh conflict, ways of the development of economic relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, extension of cultural and humanitarian relations and other issues were also in the focus of attention.
Ogtay Asadov said liberation of Azerbaijani lands occupied by the Armenian military forces would be key factor in long-term peace and stability in the region. He said the conflict could be solved by three ways. First way is implementation of the norms of international law as a result of efforts by the international organizations, second method of economic pressure and the regional countries have large opportunities in this field. The last way is the solution by use of force.
Azerbaijan advocates for the peaceful solution to the conflict and continues its efforts in this direction.
According to Iran’s ISNA agency, Ahmadinejad said other factors had no influence on the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations. The Iranian president emphasized good prospects of development of relations between the two countries and said ceasing of visa regime for Azerbaijani travelers to Iran is an “expression of respect to the Azerbaijani people”.
The Azerbaijani parliament speaker met with the Iran’s foreign minister Manuchehr Mottaki as well. According to the Iranian media, they discussed bilateral relations between the countries. The Iranian foreign minister said the third countries had no relation to the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.
Regional and bilateral relations, as well as inter-parliamentary relations were on agenda during the Asadov’s meeting with the Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani. They talked about the historic friendship between Azerbaijani and Iranian people and discussed the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Azerbaijani parliament speaker met with the Secretary General of the Iran’s Supreme Council of National Security Said Jalili.
The speaker also visited Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran.Bu yazı ( 463 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
