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Mayor of Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz has expressed the city`s interest in building direct ties with Baku as he met with Azerbaijani Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Alizade.

He said they were ready to maintain cooperation in organizing various cultural, scientific, educational, tourism, humanitarian and social projects in Islamabad in order to develop and strengthen relations between the two countries, Azertac reported.

Alizade, in turn,highlighted humanitarian and social projects organized in Pakistan through the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, saying these projects play a vital role in strengthening ties between the two nations.

The ambassador also spoke of Armenia's aggression against Azerbaijan.

“Religious and cultural monuments, mosques were destroyed and vandalized in ancient Azerbaijani lands as a result of this aggression.” Alizade hailed Pakistan`s supporting Azerbaijan`s stance on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The fundamental building block of the bilateral relationship between Azerbaijan and Pakistan is military cooperation. The sides intend to join efforts to gain access to modern technologies, as well as modernize their potential.

Azerbaijan and Pakistan also focused on the development of economic relations. The two countries have agreed on boosting bilateral trade and investment cooperation.

Although the countries enjoy very close friendly relations at diplomatic level, these close ties have not been translated into significant commercial gains. The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Pakistan stood at $2.8 million in 2014, according to the Azerbaijan State Customs Committee.

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