President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni on October 12.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” reports that the head of state stressed the importance of maintaining high-level cooperation between the countries in all areas, including security and the protection of public order.
President Ilham Aliyev said he was confident the Iranian Interior Ministry delegation’s visit would be successful, describing it as a continuation of bilateral contacts. He recalled that an Azerbaijani delegation had visited Iran some time earlier and held important meetings there.
Thanking President Ilham Aliyev for receiving him, Eskandar Momeni said he was pleased to visit friendly and brotherly Azerbaijan.
He conveyed greetings from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, noting that the Iranian leader warmly remembered his recent meetings with President Ilham Aliyev.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked him for the greetings and asked him to convey his own greetings to President Masoud Pezeshkian. He said he had met with the Iranian president frequently in recent times and recalled their meeting in Turkmenistan a few days earlier.
The minister said the Iranian president attached particular importance to developing relations between the relevant agencies of the two countries.
Describing Azerbaijan as a friendly and brotherly country for Iran, Eskandar Momeni again thanked Azerbaijan for the humanitarian assistance and support it had provided during various events in Iran, including major earthquakes and forest fires.
The Iranian interior minister briefed the head of state on negotiations aimed at easing tensions in the region.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed hope that tensions in the Middle East would be resolved through negotiations.
The meeting also covered prospects for cooperation between the countries’ relevant agencies and other issues of mutual interest.
