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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Vijitha Herath, Sri Lanka’s minister of foreign affairs, foreign employment and tourism, on October 14.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that Herath thanked Azerbaijan for the invitation to the Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). He congratulated the head of state on Baku hosting the high-profile event and on Azerbaijan’s successful chairmanship, expressing confidence that the summit would help expand cooperation among participating countries.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked the member states, including Sri Lanka, for supporting the decision on Azerbaijan’s chairmanship of CICA. He said the decision reflected the success of Azerbaijan’s chairmanship and the respect and confidence placed in the country.
The President said Herath’s visit also provided a good opportunity to discuss bilateral cooperation.
Herath expressed gratitude for Azerbaijan’s humanitarian assistance to Sri Lanka during recent natural disasters.
The meeting highlighted the countries’ strong cooperation within international organizations, including the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and CICA.
The sides exchanged views on opportunities to expand economic, trade and tourism ties in line with the level of their political relations. They noted that Sri Lankan students study in Azerbaijan and discussed prospects for cooperation in education.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva met Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on October 14.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that the head of state thanked Vo Thi Anh Xuan for attending the CICA Summit in Baku, adding that her visit also offered an opportunity to discuss bilateral issues on the agenda.
Recalling his visit to Vietnam and the visit to Azerbaijan by To Lam, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President Ilham Aliyev highlighted the importance of the discussions held during those trips and reaffirmed that the two countries’ relations have the character of a strategic partnership.
The President thanked Vietnam for supporting the extension of Azerbaijan’s CICA chairmanship.
Vo Thi Anh Xuan thanked President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva for receiving her, and recalled with pleasure her previous visit to Azerbaijan and meeting with the head of state.
The Vice President congratulated Azerbaijan on its achievements, its successful chairmanship of CICA and Baku’s hosting of the organization’s summit. She said Vietnam highly valued Azerbaijan’s chairmanship.
Noting the historic ties between Azerbaijan and Vietnam, the guest said the joint statement on establishing a strategic partnership, adopted during the visit to Azerbaijan by the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee, had played an important role in bringing relations to a new level.
The meeting recalled with pleasure the visits to Azerbaijan by Ho Chi Minh, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and to Vietnam by National Leader Heydar Aliyev during his time in the Soviet leadership, as well as the Azerbaijani President’s visits to the country. The participants said this historical legacy played an important role in developing Azerbaijan-Vietnam relations.
The guest said Vietnam highly valued Azerbaijan’s past support for the country’s development after its struggle for independence, including assistance in restoring the energy sector and training specialists. She said this had created a strong historical foundation and tradition for cooperation between the countries. She also fondly recalled that thousands of Vietnamese students studied in Azerbaijan during the Soviet era.
The meeting noted Azerbaijan-Vietnam cooperation within international organizations. The sides exchanged views on prospects for partnership in the economy, trade, transport and logistics, renewable energy, tourism, investment and the introduction of a visa-free regime, in keeping with the spirit of their political relations.
On energy cooperation, the sides discussed expanding the partnership following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between SOCAR and PetroVietnam.
The guest thanked the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, led by Azerbaijan’s First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, for its humanitarian and cultural projects in Vietnam, and recalled with pleasure the visit to Vietnam by Leyla Aliyeva, the Foundation’s vice president.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and foreign minister of the People’s Republic of China, on October 14.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that President Ilham Aliyev fondly recalled his state visit to China, his meetings with President Xi Jinping and the adoption during the visit of a joint statement on the strategic partnership between the two countries. He said their relations had consequently reached a new level.
Wang Yi recalled his previous visit to Azerbaijan and meeting with the head of state, and conveyed President Xi Jinping’s greetings to President Ilham Aliyev.
The Azerbaijani President thanked him for the greetings and asked him to convey his own greetings to President Xi Jinping.
Referring to the importance of the joint statement on the strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and China, adopted during President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to China, Wang Yi said China was a reliable, long-term partner of Azerbaijan.
Wang Yi said the development he had seen in Baku had made a deep impression on him. He noted Azerbaijan’s successful and dynamic development under President Ilham Aliyev’s leadership, adding that China, as a close friend of Azerbaijan, was sincerely pleased by the country’s progress.
The guest said China consistently supported Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and highlighted the country’s growing role in international and regional affairs.
He congratulated Azerbaijan on its CICA chairmanship and on hosting the organization’s summit.
Thanking him for his remarks, President Ilham Aliyev noted China’s dynamic development and said Azerbaijan highly valued China’s representation of the interests of the Global South and its support for sustainable development.
The head of state stressed that Azerbaijan consistently supported the One China policy.
President Ilham Aliyev also highlighted the importance of the Belt and Road Initiative, recalling that Azerbaijan was among the first countries to support it.
Noting the Middle Corridor’s dynamic development, the head of state said it offered broad opportunities for cooperation between Azerbaijan and China.
The guest emphasized Azerbaijan’s important position on the Middle Corridor.
President Ilham Aliyev said economic and trade ties were actively developing in line with the countries’ political relations. He noted the close involvement of Chinese companies in various investment projects in Azerbaijan.
The sides discussed cooperation in renewable energy and noted that their countries worked together to combat separatism, extremism and radicalism.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on October 14.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that the guest conveyed the greetings of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain to the head of state, noting that the King attached great importance to relations with Azerbaijan.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked him for the greetings and asked him to convey his own greetings to the King of Bahrain.
The head of state said Azerbaijan and Bahrain enjoyed friendly and fraternal relations and a high-level partnership.
President Ilham Aliyev said the Bahraini foreign minister’s visit provided a good opportunity to discuss various aspects of bilateral ties.
The guest congratulated President Ilham Aliyev on the extension of Azerbaijan’s CICA chairmanship and said the country was chairing the organization at a high level.
The meeting included an exchange of views on developing cooperation between Azerbaijan and Bahrain in various fields.
