Greek president to visit Azerbaijan
BAKU – Greek President Karolos Papoulias is expected to pay an official visit to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2011.
"President Ilham Aliyev visited Greece in February of 2009. The visit led to a significant revival of bilateral relations and increased interest of the Greek political and business elite in our country," Azerbaijani Ambassador to Greece, Rahman Mustafayev, was quoted as saying.
"We are now interested in the Greek president’s return visit to Azerbaijan."
A number of visits to Greece by high-ranking Azeri officials have taken place this year.
Emergency Situations Minister Kamaladdin Heydarov visited Greece in February to sign an agreement on cooperation in emergencies.
In May, Azeri Industry and Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev held talks in Athens with his Greek counterpart, as well as the economy minister and leaders of major oil and gas companies.
The leading Greek oil company Hellenic Petroleum has expressed interest to visit Baku soon for talks with top Azeri officials and the state oil company SOCAR.
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