Azeri foreign minister discusses Karabakh, economic ties in UAE
Trend news agency
8 Apr 05
Baku, 8 April, Trend correspondent S. Agayeva: The United Arab Emirates
[UAE] has always supported Azerbaijan’s fair position on the Nagornyy
Karabakh issue and it decisively condemns Armenia’s aggression against
Azerbaijan, UAE Foreign Minister Rashid Bin-Abdallah Ali al-Nu’aymi
said at a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
during his official visit to the UAE on 6-7 April, the press centre
of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has told Trend news agency.
Elmar Mammadyarov thanked the UAE government for supporting
Azerbaijan’s fair position, condemning Armenia’s aggression against
Azerbaijan and providing humanitarian aid to refugees and displaced
persons.
The Azerbaijani foreign minister also met UAE Minister of Economy
and Planning Lubna al-Qasimi and discussed prospects for bilateral
economic development, expanding cooperation and exchanging experience
between the two countries in the oil, energy and other spheres.
Stressing the importance of increasing trade between Azerbaijan and
the United Arab Emirates, the sides pointed out that the establishment
of a joint intergovernment commission is of great importance to the
development of economic and trading relations.
The sides also pointed out that the holding of joint business forums
plays an important role in terms of studying the investment environment
in both countries.
During the visit, the Azerbaijani foreign minister read a lecture on
the subject “Azerbaijan in the modern world” at the UAE centre for
strategic research.