Azerbaijani, Iranian presidents make statements for press UPDATE

An official welcoming ceremony was held in Baku for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan Aug. 7.

A guard of honor was lined up for the Iranian president in the square decorated with the national flags of the two countries.

The chief of the guard of honor reported to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

President Aliyev welcomed Iranian counterpart.

The chief of the guard of honor reported to President Rouhani.

Then, the national anthems of Iran and Azerbaijan were performed.

The presidents reviewed the guard of honor, and afterwards President Rouhani greeted the Azerbaijani soldiers.

State and government officials of the Republic of Azerbaijan were introduced to President Rouhani and members of the Iranian delegation were introduced to President Aliyev.

The guard of honor passed in front of the heads of states to the accompaniment of a military march.

Then, the Azerbaijani and Iranian presidents posed for photographs.

Following the official welcoming ceremony in Baku, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held a one-on-one meeting Aug. 7.

Following the one-on-one meeting, President Ilham Aliyev and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani met in an expanded format with participation of delegations.

A ceremony of signing several documents was held after the expanded meeting with participation of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Baku Aug.7.

The following documents were signed between Azerbaijan and Iran:

- A protocol of intention on cooperation in implementation of the North-South international transportation corridor project between the governments of Azerbaijan and Iran;

- A memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the sphere of e-security between Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Communications and High Technologies and Iran’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology;

- A memorandum of understanding in the spheres of standardization, metrology, conformity assessment and accreditation between Azerbaijan’s State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent and Iran’s Institute of Standards and Industrial Research;

- An implementation program in tourism cooperation for 2016-2019 between Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization;

- An agreement on cooperation in the sphere of plant protection and quarantine between the governments of Azerbaijan and Iran;

- A memorandum of understanding between the Central Bank of Azerbaijan and the Central Bank of Iran.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani made statements for the press following the ceremony of signing documents.

/By Trend/