Azerbaijani President holds a range of meetings - UPDATE - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev yesterday received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Philippe Lefort and his accompanying delegation.

Lefort congratulated President Ilham Aliyev on Azerbaijan`s election as the non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

The talks focused on various spheres of Azerbaijan-EU cooperation and settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

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26.10.2011

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev received Wednesday state secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Leonid Maltsev. The state secretary conveyed Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko`s greetings to President Ilham Aliyev.

Maltsev said he joins the congratulations of President Lukashenko to the Azerbaijani leader on the country`s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. President Ilham Aliyev described Azerbaijan`s becoming a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council as an important historical event.

The sides exchanged views on cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus. President Aliyev asked the state secretary of Belarus to deliver his greetings to President Lukashenko, as well.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received today the Georgian foreign minister Grigol Vashadze.

The Georgian minister congratulated the Azerbaijani government, people and personally President Ilham Aliyev on the country`s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. He described Azerbaijan`s getting a seat on the Security Council as a success of the Azerbaijani diplomacy.

For his part, President Ilham Aliyev stressed the importance of Azerbaijan`s election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, describing this victory as a real indicator of increasing of the country`s prestige in the world.

President Aliyev thanked the Georgian Government for supporting Azerbaijan when the country was elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.

The sides expressed satisfaction with the development of Azerbaijan-Georgia relationship in various spheres, including energy one. They also exchanged views on prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia.


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