Azerbaijan, China enjoy ‘excellent’ ties
Azerbaijan and China enjoy excellent relations, and bilateral ties are developing successfully in a variety of fields.
Ramiz Mehdiyev, head of the Azerbaijani President's Administration made the remark as he met with Meng Jianzhu , a special envoy of the President of the People's Republic of China, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party, Secretary of the party`s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Azertac reports.
Recalling President Ilham Aliyev's four visits to China, Mehdiyev hailed the activities of Azerbaijan-China Intergovernmental Commission on trade and economic cooperation. He underlined the development of the interparliamentary relations between the two countries.
Jianzhu praised bilateral relations, and highlighted prospects for cooperation between the two countries.
He said that the people of China had great respect for national leader Heydar Aliyev and President Ilham Aliyev.
The sides noted that close relationship between the two countries' heads of state, as well as the historical and friendly relations between the two nations contributed to the deepening of cooperation.
They also exchanged views over the prospects for cooperation between the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China and the Security Council of Azerbaijan, as well as between the two countries' law enforcement agencies.
China recognized the independence of Azerbaijan in 1991. The diplomatic relations between the two countries were established a year later. The Embassy of China to Azerbaijan was opened in 1992, while Azerbaijan’s Embassy to China was opened in 1993. The two countries permanently support each other on international organizations.
China is a huge opportunity and a priority market for Azerbaijan. More than 50 agreements were signed between the two countries.
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