Azerbaijan`s President hosts official reception in honor of Latvian counterpart - UPDATE - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has hosted an official reception in honor of visiting Latvian counterpart Andris Berzins.

The presidents made speeches at the event.

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A business forum with participation of Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Andris Berzins of Latvia has today been held in Baku.

The heads of state made speeches at the forum.

Co-organized by the Ministry of Economic Development, Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion, the forum brought together officials of Azerbaijan and Latvia, as well as about 200 businessmen from the fields of industry, agriculture, food industry, information-communication technologies, tourism, insurance, healthcare, education, finance, transport, construction, logistics, power engineering.

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24.04.2013
14:36

Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Andris Berzins of Latvia have given a joint press conference.

The Heads of State made speeches, before taking questions from journalists.

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Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Andris Berzins of Latvia have been joined by their delegations for an expanded meeting following their one-on-one talk.
President Ilham Aliyev said:

“Dear Mr. President,
I welcome you to Azerbaijan!
We attach great importance to your visit. I am sure that the visit will have very good results and Latvia-Azerbaijan relations will further develop successfully.

We have very good cooperation. This cooperation covers almost all spheres. Both our political and economic relations are developing. We have very active cooperation in international organizations as well, and we support each-other. So, there is no problem between the two countries. We should only strengthen our joint efforts to achieve better cooperation. I am confident that talks and exchange of opinions during the visit will create a good basis for solving all issues.

Welcome once again.

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Latvian President Andris Berzins said:
-Mr. President, our delegation is very pleased to be here. We have special interest in this visit. Our interest is so great that we particularly ordered a large plane. Before the visit I collected some information about your country. I learned the development path that your country has gone through in the last 20 years. This definitely makes a deep impression.

Soon we will mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of our diplomatic ties. I think that we have already created very good and excellent relations in all spheres. This is a good foundation for our closer economic cooperation in the future.
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Following the official welcoming ceremony, presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Andris Berzins of Latvia met in private.

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14:11
President of Latvia Andris Berzins has today been given an official welcome to Azerbaijan.

A guard of honor was lined up for the Latvian leader at the square decorated with the national flags of Azerbaijan and Latvia.

President Ilham Aliyev welcomed President Andris Berzins.

The presidents inspected a ceremonial guard of honor.

State anthems of Latvia and Azerbaijan were performed.

Azerbaijani state and government officials were introduced to President Andris Berzins, while members of the Latvian delegation to President Ilham Aliyev.

The two leaders inspected a ceremonial guard of honor.

The presidents posed for photographs.


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