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By Mirsaid Ibrahimzade

Chile is interested in comprehensive cooperation with Azerbaijan.

This was stated by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile Roberto Ampuero at a meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Trend reports on March 19.

Ampuero highly appreciated the first official visit of his Azerbaijani counterpart to Chile and said that this would make an important contribution to strengthening the existing friendly relationship between the two countries and expressed Chile’s interest in comprehensive cooperation with Azerbaijan.

Mammadyarov stressed the importance of intensifying mutual high-level visits in order to expand contacts at various levels and the ongoing political dialogue between the two countries.

The sides expressed satisfaction with the current state of diplomatic ties, which this year mark 25 years. It was noted that the beginning of the activities of the Chilean Embassy in Azerbaijan will give a new impetus to the development of bilateral relations.

There was also an exchange of views on topical issues of the international and regional agenda. In this context, Mammadyarov informed his colleague about the current situation in the negotiation process to resolve the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The parties also discussed cooperation within the framework of international organizations and the Non-Aligned Movement and other issues of mutual interest. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister also emphasized that the Chilean side was invited to the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in October of this year in Baku, and noted that he hopes that Chile will be represented at a high level at this event.

Recall that The Embassy of Colombia in Azerbaijan transferred part of its premises to Chilean Charge d'Affaires ad interim to Gabriel Leopold Hara Maldonado at the end of 2018.

With his arrival, the Pacific Alliance in Baku is represented fully in the form of general embassies of this integration mechanism.

The diplomatic missions of Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru work together in Azerbaijan, strengthening not only bilateral relations, but also the interests of the region.

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