Azerbaijan named important partner of Germany in region
Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov has paid a
visit to Germany to hold bilateral political consultations.
Khalafov met with Markus Ederer, Secretary of State to the German
Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Azerbaijani embassy in
Germany reported.
Khalafov said as a next round of political consultations, the visit
was aimed at further enhancement of bilateral relations, informing
the German side about Azerbaijan's views on the development of
bilateral relations.
The sides exchanged views on the settlement of the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He noted the
importance of putting an end to double standards in the settlement
of the conflict, urging the EU, including Germany to impose
sanctions on the Nagorno-Karabakh separatists.
Ederer, in his turn, called Azerbaijan an important partner for
Germany in the region in the political, economic, cultural,
political, and security fields.
Khalafov discussed various aspects of bilateral relations of
multidimensional nature at the meeting with Meier-Klodt, Special
Envoy for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia at the German
Foreign Office Cord.
He also had meetings with head of the Germany-South Caucasus
parliamentary group under the German Bundestag, Ms Karin Shtrents
and deputy head of Department of Foreign Relations, Security Policy
and Global Questions of the Federal Foreign Office Mr. Michael
Flügger.
Azerbaijani Ambassador to Germany Parviz Shahbazov was present at
the meeting, AzerTag state news agency reported.
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