Azerbaijan seeks to raise co-op with SCO to new level
Trend:
Azerbaijan is willing to elevate its relations with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to qualitatively new level, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said.
Mammadyarov made the remarks at a meeting with a delegation headed by Rashid Alimov, Secretary General of the SCO in Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a message on April 9.
Alimov expressed appreciation for the conditions provided to observe the upcoming presidential election in Azerbaijan.
He added that they had productive meetings, got closely
acquainted with the pre-election environment and took necessary
preparatory steps to observe the election.
Noting that Azerbaijan is the Dialogue Partner of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization, the Secretary General highly praised
active involvement of Azerbaijan into the cultural and public
events held within the organization.
Mammadyarov, in turn, appreciated Alimov's support for the
development of ties between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
and Azerbaijan and added that Azerbaijan is willing to further
expand cooperation with the organization and elevate its relations
to qualitatively new level.
The minister, referring to Azerbaijan's friendly partnership
relations with the SCO member states, stressed that recently
initiated East-West, North-South, South-West transport corridors
opens vast opportunities for cooperation within the SCO.
The sides also touched upon the importance of public diplomacy
projects to raise awareness in Azerbaijan about the SCO and its
activities.
At the meeting they also exchanged views on the issues of mutual
interest.