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

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has today received Andrew Murrison, British Parliamentary under Secretary of State for International Security Strategy at the Ministry of Defence.

They hailed the Azerbaijan-Great Britain relations, as well as economic and energy cooperation.

The sides stressed the importance of cooperation between the two countries within the UN.

They praised successful activity of the Azerbaijani servicemen within the peacekeeping forces in

Afghanistan, and the country`s contributions to the International Security Assistance Force.
 

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President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has today received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Azerbaijan, Arjen Peter Uijterlinde who has completed his mission in the country.

During the meeting, they noted relations between Azerbaijan and the Netherlands were developing successfully. They stressed the importance of joint projects in the construction, architecture, water, agriculture and other areas.

President Ilham Aliyev and Arjen Peter Uijterlinde stressed the significance of high level reciprocal visits in terms of strengthening the partnership relations between the two countries.

They stressed there were wider opportunities for developing the bilateral relations on all spheres, expressing confidence that bilateral relationship between Azerbaijan and the European Union would continue to expand.

President Ilham Aliyev receives outgoing ambassador of Netherlands to Azerbaijan

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