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Azerbaijan, UK eye prospects for deepening relations

29 July 2016 [11:28] - TODAY.AZ

/By Azernews/

By Laman Ismayilova

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with a British delegation led by MP, chair of Azerbaijan All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) Bob Blackman.

Mammadyarov briefed the delegation on the current state of relations between Azerbaijan and UK, as well as the key areas of cooperation, Azertac reported.

The minister praised the country's cooperation with BP in the energy sector, including the development of Azerbaijan's oil and gas fields and the realization of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which, he said, was considered the key route for the export of crude oil.

Mammadyarov highlighted the regional projects which were initiated by the country, underlining their benefits to the participating states and the whole region.

He further emphasized the essence of the North-South and East-West transport corridors and the targets set forward, providing an insight into the steps taken by the country in this regard.

Saying Azerbaijan could be a model to the world for its traditions of multiculturalism and tolerance, the FM noted that people of different religions had lived together in peace in the country for centuries.

Pointing to the history of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the current state of negotiations on the conflict settlement, FM Mammadyarov drew the British parliamentarians' attention to Azerbaijan`s stance.

The British MPs praised the development processes and achievements of Azerbaijan in a variety of fields.

Earlier, the delegation was received by Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev.


They discussed cooperation between the two countries in the fields of culture and tourism.

Garayev informed the MPs about the development of the culture and tourism in the country, as well as reconstruction works carried out in Azerbaijan.

The sides expressed assurance that development of cultural and tourism relations would continue to develop between the two countries even further.

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