Bishkek, Nov. 23, 2023. /Kabar/. President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov today held talks with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev as part of his working visit to Baku.
The presidential press service reported that a detailed conversation took place on topical issues of bilateral trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian cooperation, and prospects for further enhancing interaction between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan were discussed.
Welcoming the Kyrgyz delegation, Ilham Aliyev thanked Sadyr Zhaparov for accepting the invitation to participate in the upcoming Summit of Heads of State of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia.
The president of Azerbaijan noted that the dynamics of bilateral relations clearly shows how close the peoples of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan are to each other. Today, issues of increasing trade turnover, investment policy and a number of other pressing issues aimed at the benefit of the two states are being resolved.
During the conversation, Ilham Aliyev added that he warmly remembers his state visit to Kyrgyzstan and is now looking forward to a return state visit of President Sadyr Zhaparov to Azerbaijan next year.
In turn, President Sadyr Zhaparov noted with satisfaction that in recent years interstate relations have reached an unprecedented level. Kyrgyzstan values relations of friendship and mutual support with its strategic partner – Azerbaijan.
Speaking about the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, celebrated this year, Sadyr Zhaparov emphasized that good results have been achieved by this date. In particular, dynamically strengthening and expanding ties at the highest level have led to active interaction between the parliaments, governments and industry departments of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.
In addition, he added that two high-level visits took place last year. The Interstate Council was formed at the level of heads of state and its first meeting took place. A number of agreements reached during mutual visits in 2022 received practical dynamics.
The president recalled that during the state visit of Ilham Aliyev to Kyrgyzstan in October last year, the Azerbaijan-Kyrgyz Development Fund was created. Currently, work is underway to finalize organizational, legal and financial issues.
In this context, Sadyr Zhaparov proposed that appropriate competent authorities accelerate the practical launch of the Fund’s activities and begin implementing projects in which both parties are interested.
In conclusion, the leaders of the countries confirmed their mutual desire to strengthen and expand the strategic partnership between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.
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