AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Jan 19 2007
AZERBAIJAN, SAUDI ARABIA: RELATIONS DEVELOP
[January 19, 2007, 22:15:35]
Deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov has met with
the delegation led by Dr. Khaled Al-Angari, minister for higher
education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 19 Jan.
The relations between two countries are high level in all spheres,
Khalaf Khalafov underlined. He stressed necessity of further
strengthening of these ties.
Deputy foreign minister said the official visit of the Azerbaijan
President to Saudi Arabia in 2005 and mutual visits of the
governmental delegations were useful from the point of view of
development of bilateral relations.
Saudi Arabia unambiguously supports fair position of Azerbaijan in
the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Mr. Khalafov
emphasized and expressed gratitude for support rendered in the frame
of UN, Organization of Islamic Conference and other international
structures. He thanked to the Saudi Government for assistance to the
refugees and IDPs of Azerbaijan.
Dr. Khaled Al-Angari recalled the personal friendly ties between the
heads of states of both countries, estimating it as a solid ground
for further expansion of political, cultural, economic and
humanitarian cooperation. He highly assessed the MoU signed between
education ministers of two countries in Baku.
The parties had comprehension exchange of views on a number of other
issues of mutual interest.