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By Amina Nazarli

Maja Gojkovic, the President of the Serbian National Assembly, has met with Azerbaijan’s top officials during her Baku visit.

President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Gojkovic on December 11. The parties exchanged views on cooperation between the two countries in transport, investment making, energy and other areas.

Noting that Azerbaijan and Serbia enjoyed friendly relations, the head of state expressed his satisfaction with the high-level political ties between the two countries.

President Aliyev said this created a good foundation for the expansion of cooperation in the field of economy.

Maja Gojkovic, in turn, said her country was determined to expand economic cooperation, and was interested in Azerbaijan`s making investment in Serbian economy.

She noted that the two countries were successfully cooperating in international organizations.

Gojkovic also noted that Serbia backs the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity, and thanked for Azerbaijan`s position on Kosovo.

She described the erection of monuments to Azerbaijan`s national leader Heydar Aliyev and prominent composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli in Serbia as well as the opening of a monument to the great son of the Serbian people, Nikola Tesla, in Baku as a good sign of friendly ties between the two countries.

Gojkovic, on behalf of the people of Serbia and on her own behalf, thanked President Ilham Aliyev for the overhaul of a mosque and a church in Serbia and for Azerbaijan`s being one of the first countries to provide assistance to Serbia during the recent floods.

Hailing Serbia’s stance on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, President Aliyev reiterated that Azerbaijan supports Serbian position on Kosovo.

Artur Rasizada, the Prime-Minister also received the Serbian delegation to mull Azerbaijani-Serbian relations

Hailing the high level ties, Rasizada informed the guests about the rapid economic development of Azerbaijan and appraised the expansion of bilateral relations between the two sides at the regional level.

Gojkovic expressed satisfaction from the meetings and talks held during the visit. She voiced confidence in further expansion of cooperation between the two countries.

During her Baku visit, Gojkovic also met with her Azerbaijani counterpart Ogtay Asadov.

Speaking at the meeting, she hailed the role of the state’s heads and inter-parliamentary relations in strengthening of bilateral cooperation.

Asadov stressed the importance of developing cultural, economic relations between Azerbaijan and Serbia.

Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Speaker noted that the international community didn’t make enough efforts in solving the conflict.

He emphasized that Armenia ignores the UN Security Council’s four resolutions on the conflict, as well as the documents adopted by international organizations and keeps 20 percent of Azerbaijani lands under occupation.

Expressing satisfaction with the relations between Azerbaijan and Serbia, Gojkovic said that Serbia supports Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and believes in achieving a just settlement of the conflict by peaceful means.

Serbia will take steps to resolve the conflict during its chairmanship of the OSCE, she said.

The sides discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.