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Australia seeks to deepen bonds with Azerbaijan

04 February 2016 [22:12] - TODAY.AZ

/By Azernews/

By Laman Sadigova

The bilateral relations between Australia and Azerbaijan develop dynamically, while the two countries enjoy perspectives for cooperation in different spheres.

James Martin Larsen, Australia’s ambassador to Turkey and Azerbaijan made the remark as he met with the Azerbaijan-Australia working group on Interparliamentary relations, headed by Azerbaijani MP Khanlar Fatiyev.

The ambassador highlighted the fact that the working group was able to do a great job on giving information about Azerbaijan to colleagues from Australia in its short period of existence.

Fatiyev, for his part, said the relations between the two countries have undergone significant qualitative changes in recent years

“Today Azerbaijan is known well enough in Australia at the level of the Parliament and the government. In particular, in her recent speech, Australian Foreign Minister Julia Bishop said that Canberra recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, and also called to liberate occupied territories,” Fatiyev said.

The other important factor is that the issue on releasing Azerbaijani hostages held by Armenia also was raised in the Australian Parliament.

The MP further noted that today Azerbaijan’s relations with Australia are also notable from an economic point of view.

“Speaking about the economic diversification, President Ilham Aliyev noted that agriculture will provide the country's non-oil exports, population with work, as well as food security. Thus, it would be very useful to study the Australian experience, in which this area is one of the main spheres,” said Fatiyev.

The issues on trade and economic cooperation, relations in the social and humanitarian spheres, as well as issues on extending interparliamentary relations were also discussed during the meeting.

The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Australia stood at $4.937 million as of 2014, which is 2.4 times less than in 2013, according to Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee.

The trade turnover between the two countries is made up mostly of Azerbaijan's exports of crude petroleum to Australia.

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