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Azerbaijan opened its embassy in Cuba on Sunday. A large Azerbaijani delegation led by Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev and Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov attended the ceremony.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established in 1992, but bilateral ties gained an incentive after Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s visit to Cuba in September 2006.
The agreements on cooperation and visa-free travel of service passport holders were signed between the two foreign ministries on Cuba’s initiative last year.
During the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation discussed with Cuban officials energy and trade issues.
"Cuba is closer to Azerbaijan than a friend and always supports us in the international arena," Babayev said in a meeting with Cuban Minister of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation Marta Lomas Morales.
A meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was held and a protocol signed. A document on cooperation may be inked by the two countries’ law-enforcement agencies in the future.
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque was among those who backed the inclusion of a provision concerning Armenians’ illegal activity in the occupied Azerbaijani territories in the UN General Assembly agenda in 2004.*