AZERBAIJAN-FRANCE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPED NOTABLY
AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Sept 8 2006
Upon French President Jacque Chirac’s invitation, President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will make an official visit to France in
January 2007 while President of France is expected to arrive in
Azerbaijan for an official visit in the first quarter of 2007,
Foreign Ministry’s press-service announced.
The scheduled visits will allow strengthening even more the existing
relationship between the countries and peoples
Azerbaijan-France relations have seen a great progress over
recent years. In political context, high-level dialogue is underway
between Azerbaijan and France. France plays a go-between role in the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict alongside the other
two OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, USA and Russia.
As to the economic ties, the cooperation develops in aviation, energy
and infrastructure sectors. Moreover, due to the good conditions
created for the French companies involved in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
oil pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum gas pipeline projects,
France-Azerbaijan Relations marked a new era of development.