President of European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso is on official visit to Azerbaijan - PHOTOS

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev hosted a dinner in honor of President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday.

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After a ceremony of signing documents, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso gave a joint press conference. Ilham Aliyev and Jose Manuel Barroso made press statements and answered questions from journalists.

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Azerbaijan and European Union signed a number of documents in a ceremony following a meeting of both delegations.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso have signed a Joint Declaration on Southern Gas Corridor.

Head of the Azerbaijan`s permanent mission to the European Union Emin Eyyubov and Head of the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan Roland Kobia have signed a memorandum of understanding on National Indicative Program for 2011-2013 between Azerbaijan and European Commission and a memorandum of understanding regarding a framework document on Comprehensive Institution Building Programme between Azerbaijan and European Commission.

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Following a one-on-one meeting, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso met in presence of both delegations.

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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso met in private in Baku on Thursday.

They stressed relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union were successfully developing in various fields. The parties underlined the sides have good potential for energy cooperation.

President Ilham Aliyev and Mr. Barroso expressed confidence relations between the country and the organization would further expand.

During the conversation, they also exchanged views on current state of and prospects for cooperation between Azerbaijan and the European Union.


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Azerbaijani President and President of European Commission meet one-on-one


President of Azerbaijan and Head of European Commission meet in presence of delegations

President of Azerbaijan, President of European Commission give press conference