AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT THANKS PAKISTAN’S LEADERSHIP FOR NOT RECOGNIZING ARMENIA

APA
April 22 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku – APA. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation
led by Pakistan’s Defense Secretary Syed Athar Ali, APA reports.

Noting that the bilateral relations were developing, President Ilham
Aliyev said the level of cooperation and partnership was satisfactory.

The head of state noted that Azerbaijan intended to extend the
spheres of joint activities with Pakistan and said there were good
opportunities to strengthen cooperation in the military sphere and
defense industry.

President expressed his gratitude to the leadership of the friendly
country for supporting Azerbaijan’s right position in the Organization
of Islamic Conference and during the UN General Assembly voting on the
resolution on the situation in the occupied Azerbaijani territories
and for not recognizing Armenia in connection with the aggression
against Azerbaijan.

President Ilham Aliyev underlined once more that Azerbaijan supported
Pakistan’s position concerning Kashmir issue.

Defense Secretary Syed Athar Ali said Pakistan’s relations with
Azerbaijan were developing successfully and our countries always
supported each other’s positions in the international forums. Syed
Athar Ali said Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh was
the most important issue for Azerbaijan and Pakistan did not recognize
Armenia because of that.