Iran to buy 5 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas per year

This issue will be discussed during Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s visit to Iran that will take place after the upcoming Ramadan Holiday.

Later Iran’s oil minister will trip to Azerbaijan, the ambassador said.

Azerbaijan-Iran trade turnover totaled $700 million in 2009 while the figure stood at $670 million in 2008.

“Azerbaijan and Iran possesses great potential to advance relations in all spheres and an extra impetus is needed for this,” the ambassador said.

He said “the world stands on the threshold of change and this necessitates further strengthening relations between Iran and Azerbaijan.”
 
“The development of Azerbaijan means our development and future and security of Azerbaijan are connected with our future and security.”

He said success of the Islamic countries in the region must consist in their unity.

"The peoples of the world step by step tend to spirituality and the materialistic way of life comes to its collapse, which can be seen in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Under these conditions, the unity of the Islamic countries can play an important role. But we must be vigilant, because there are plans to disrupt our unity. If there is unity, security will be restored in Iraq, Nagorno-Karabakh will return to Azerbaijan and Jerusalem will return to Palestinians,” Bahrami said.

/Interfax Azerbaijan/