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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev accepted credentials of newly-appointed ambassador of Afghanistan Shaker Kargar on Thursday, AzerTAc state news agency reported.

The Head of State said that there are great historical links between the two countries. He underlined the need to expand them.

Speaking about Afghan President Hamid Karzai's participation in the Baku summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, President Aliyev said Karzai's visit was important for discussing the ways how to determine new avenues for development of bilateral relations.

President Aliyev underscored that Azerbaijan would continue to support combined efforts to strengthen stability and security in Afghanistan.

In turn Kargar extended Karzai's greetings to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, adding that his country and people support the position of Azerbaijan in the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

President Aliyev thanked Afghanistan for supporting Azerbaijan within international organizations.

The Azerbaijani president asked the ambassador to pass on his greetings to the Head of Afghanistan.

The same day President Aliyev accepted credentials of incoming ambassador of Côte d'Ivoire Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoué.

Tanoh-Boutchoué offered his country's President Alassane Ouattara`s greetings to President Aliyev. He noted his country's interest in expansion of cooperation with Azerbaijan and assured the President that he would spare no efforts to take bilateral ties forward.

President Aliyev underlined the need to explore opportunities for development of cooperation between the two countries. President wished every success to the diplomat in his diplomatic career.

President Aliyev asked the ambassador to convey his greetings to President of Côte d'Ivoire Alassane Ouattara.

President Aliyev has also received credentials of newly-appointed ambassador of Estonia to Azerbaijan Miko Haljas.

During the talks the Azerbaijani president underlined that bilateral relations between the two countries are well developed. The President underlined the importance of high-level reciprocal visits. He expressed hope that Azerbaijan-Estonia relations would continue to develop in the years to come.

The ambassador noted that both countries are satisfied with the level of political, economic cooperation. He expressed hope that bilateral ties would expand even more down the road. He highlighted the role of the Estonia-Azerbaijan intergovernmental joint commission in cementing relationships. The ambassador underlined that Estonia supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

They stressed good prospects for cooperation as part of the Eastern Partnership program and in energy ICT, education and other fields was stressed at the meeting.

President Aliyev has today accepted credentials of newly appointed ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina Damir Džanko.

The Ambassador passed along a ceremonial guard of honor.

The Azerbaijani president had a conversation with the diplomat.

The Head of State recalled a successful visit of chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović to Azerbaijan.

The president said during Izetbegović's visit they discussed important issues related to development of the bilateral relations.

President Aliyev noted there was a big potential to expand relationship between the two countries in various directions, including energy, transport, investment and tourism fields.

The Azerbaijani leader wished Damir Džanko successes in his activity.

The ambassador conveyed greetings of chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović to the Azerbaijani president.

The diplomat stressed the importance of a historic visit of Bakir Izetbegović to Azerbaijan in terms of expanding bilateral ties between the countries.

He noted there were ample opportunities for enhancing Azerbaijan-Bosnia and Herzegovina cooperation in a variety of fields.

Damir Džanko said he would spare no efforts to contribute to strengthening the bilateral ties during his tenure.

The Head of State asked the ambassador to pass on his greetings to the chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.