(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Elnur Enveroglu read more The state visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to
the Republic of Tajikistan was marked by many important events.
Having been greeted at the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe,
Tajikistan with an official welcoming ceremony, the Azerbaijani
President participated in an expanded and one-on-one meeting with
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
Addressing the meeting, President Emomali Rahmon first welcomed
his Azerbaijani counterpart. Tajik President highlighted the mutual
relations between the Tajik and Azerbaijani peoples based on an
ancient history and good traditions.
“It is gratifying that today our interstate ties are developing
in many areas. We attach great importance to the further
strengthening of these relations in all formats.
Today, I am ready to discuss with you the state and prospects of
mutual relations between our countries, as well as international
and regional issues,” the Tajik President said in his address.
In his turn President Ilham Aliyev also thanked his Tajik
counterpart for the invitation and hospitality, and expressed his
pleasure to be in brotherly, friendly Tajikistan.
President Ilham Aliyev also mentioned a multisphere cooperation
between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.
“We cooperate in many areas both on an international arena,
within international institutions, and of course, in a bilateral
format. There are very good prospects for deepening cooperation in
the fields of trade, economy, industry and transport. Of course, we
will discuss it thoroughly. Members of the delegations will also
have active discussions. I am sure that the results of the visit
will be successful. We will define the next program of joint
activity,” the Azerbaijani President said.
In addition, a meeting was held between the two presidents in an
expanded format. In his remark at the meeting, President Ilham
Aliyev has congratulated the president of Tajikistan the entire
fraternal people of Tajikistan on the great achievements in the way
of socioeconomic development and a rapid growth of the city of
Dushanbe. Stating that he often visits Tajikistan, the Azerbaijani
President expressed his satisfaction with the great progress made
in the country in recent years in the capital Dushanbe, and also
congratulated his counterpart Emomali Rahmon on the development
achieved in a short period of time.
Following the expanded meeting of between the two countries,
inking papers on multilateral business fields was of a very
significant event in history.
It should be noted that the event was accompanied by the signing
of documents by the ministers of both countries.
Thus, Azerbaijan's Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov and
Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin signed an
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and
the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on cooperation in the
field of land utilization, land relations, cadastre, geodesy,
cartography, remote sensing and geographic information system”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun
Bayramov and Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Tajikistan Rakhimzoda Ramazon signed an“Agreement on cooperation
between the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of
Tajikistan”.
Ambassadors and heads of customs of both countries participated
in the event and signed important documents. Ambassador of the
Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Tajikistan Alimirzamin
Asgarov and head of the Customs Service under the Government of the
Republic of Tajikistan Karimzoda Khurshed signed a“Protocol
between the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of
Tajikistan on arranging exchange of preliminary information on
goods and vehicles transported between the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the Republic of Tajikistan”.
Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov and Tajikistan's
National Bank head Kholiqzoda Hokim signed a“Memorandum of
Understanding between the Financial Monitoring Service of the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the Financial Monitoring Department
under the National Bank of Tajikistan on cooperation in the
exchange of financial intelligence information in the field of
money laundering, related predicate crimes and terrorism
financing”.
Azerbaijan's Economy Minsiter Mikayil Jabbarov and Tajikistan's
Economic Development and Trade Minister Zavqizoda Zavqi signed an
“Action Plan for economic cooperation between two the countries
until 2025”.
Furthermore, some other important documents were signed between
the ministries of foreign affairs, agriculture, internal affairs,
culture ministries, banking sectors and business development
agencies of the both countries.
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