President Ilham Aliyev hold number of official meetings - UPDATE - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a Turkish delegation led by Minister of National Education Nabi Avci.

During the meeting, they noted bilateral friendship and fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey were developing on all fronts, including in the field of education.

The Azerbaijani President and the Turkish Minister expressed confidence that close educational relations between the two countries would continue to develop.

They stressed the importance of Turkish Minister of National Education Nabi Avci`s visit to
Azerbaijan in terms of strengthening the educational cooperation even more.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received Georgia`s Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Gharibashvili.

The Minister conveyed greetings of Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to the Head of State. Mr. Gharibashvili said it was his first visit to Azerbaijan as a minister, noting his country attaches special significance to strategic partnership with official Baku. He expressed confidence that Georgia`s new government would make every effort to boost and deepen strategic partnership and friendship relations between the two countries. Mr. Gharibashvili said Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili made one of his first visits to Azerbaijan, describing it as a vivid evidence of the level of the bilateral relations.

President Ilham Aliyev said Azerbaijan and Georgia share ancient historical ties, friendship and fraternal relations. The Head of State said he was pleased with endeavors by the new government of Georgia to further expand friendship and strategic partnership ties with Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani leader said he would spare no efforts to further strengthen these relations, and advance them.

On cooperation between law enforcement agencies, President Ilham Aliyev stressed significance of bolstering fight against crime and promoting exchange of information.

The Head of State expressed his gratitude for the greetings of Bidzina Ivanishvili, and asked Mr. Gharibashvili to extend his greetings to the Georgian Prime Minister too.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a Spanish delegation led by Minister of Defense Pedro de Morenes y Alvarez de Eulate.

President Ilham Aliyev praised political relations between Azerbaijan and Spain.
The Head of State said there was big potential to develop the bilateral ties in a variety of fields, including economy and mutual investment making.

The President stressed the importance of reciprocal visits in terms of expansion of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

The Azerbaijani leader underlined the significance of carrying out such visits in a more intensive manner.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed hope that Pedro de Morenes y Alvarez de Eulate`s visit to Azerbaijan would contribute to developing military cooperation between the two countries.
The Spanish Minister said he was deeply impressed by large-scale development processes in Baku.

He noted his visit to Baku created good opportunities for discussing the Azerbaijan-Spain relations, as well as prospects for the military cooperation.





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