President Ilham Aliyev underscores visa-free regime as sign of Baku–Beijing friendship

“My productive state and working visits to China this year, the signing of numerous documents - most notably two agreements on strategic partnership - and the lifting of the reciprocal visa regime are clear examples of the close partnership and friendly relations between Azerbaijan and China.”

Azernews reports that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said this as he addressed the participants of the 13th Meeting of CICA Think Tank Forum themed “Resonance of Development and Security: Regional Cooperation and Governance in the Institutional Transformation of CICA.”

“It is a pleasure that this forum, being held outside China for the first time, is taking place here in Azerbaijan,” the head of state emphasized.