President Aliyev holds several meetings
By Sabina Idayatova
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received former Bulgarian
leader Georgi Parvanov on October 30, Azertag state news agency
reported.
The Head of State hailed the participation of the former Bulgarian
president in the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum as
important.
President Aliyev stressed that interest in the annual forum in
on the rise.
The Head of State expressed hope that the third Forum in Baku would
hear fruitful discussions over expansion of cooperation.
Parvanov, in turn, congratulated Ilham Aliyev on his victory in the presidential election, praising his election for the third term as a testimony of the Azerbaijani people`s support of the policy carried out by President Aliyev.
He expressed confidence that bonds between the two countries would continue to develop in an active and fruitful manner.
Parvanov said that he was happy to attend the International
Humanitarian Forum in Baku again.
President Aliyev praised Parvanov`s contribution to boosting
relationship between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan.
The Head of State recalled Parvanov's visits to Azerbaijan, saying
these visits played a key role in building a new format of
relationship between the two countries.
On the same day, President Aliyev received former Croatian
President Stjepan Mesic.
Mesic congratulated the Head of State on his re-election in the
October 9 presidential election.
The former Croatian leader said cooperation between the two
countries had been rapidly developing in recent years.
President Aliyev noted there was good potential for development of
the Azerbaijan-Croatia relations in a variety of fields,
particularly economic one.
The Head of State stressed the importance of activities of Croatian
companies in Azerbaijan in terms of expansion of the bilateral
cooperation.
The sides also noted the 3rd Baku International Humanitarian Forum
would contribute to enhancing international cooperation even
further.