Azerbaijani National Assembly Speaker: Azerbaijan and Georgia “strategic partners”
“Cooperation between [our] two countries is based on a solid relationship. I would especially like to note that at this stage, the relations between [our] parliaments are at a very high level," Gafarova said.Photo: Medium.com
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Sahiba Gafarova, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, praised the relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia by calling the two states “strategic partners” in press conference with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday.
The Azerbaijani official, on visit to Georgia for the first time along with a delegation from the country, thanked Papuashvili for the invitation and noted relations between the two countries continued “positively”, while inter-parliamentary ties had a “special place” in the partnership.
“Cooperation between [our] two countries is based on a solid relationship. I would especially like to note that at this stage, the relations between [our] parliaments are at a very high level," Gafarova said.
The two officials discussed a number of issues relating to the South Caucasus region and the strengthening of bilateral relations, as well as the need for facilitating daily relations and frequent visits, _ said.
The importance and necessity of the work of the tripartite format of the Foreign Relations Committees of the parliaments of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey was also noted at the meeting.
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