Afghan leader’s Baku visit to open new page in bilateral ties
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai’s Baku visit will open a new page in bilateral relations, Azerbaijani MP Musa Gasimli belives.
Afghanistan’s embassy in Azerbaijan earlier told Trend that Ahmadzai will pay a visit to Baku on December 22.
Gasimli noted that there are a lot of issues to be discussed between the two countries.
“Afghanistan and Azerbaijan have great prospects for cooperation in diplomatic, political, economic, military, cultural, humanitarian and other spheres. Bilateral relations between the two countries have deep historic roots,” he said, adding that Azerbaijan played a significant role in Soviet-Afghan relations.
He pointed out that Azerbaijan has actively participated in the anti-terrorist coalition and peacekeeping operations in this country since 2001, reminding that Azerbaijan trains diplomatic staff for Afghanistan and renders other assistance to this country.
Diplomatic relations with Afghanistan were established after Azerbaijan restored independence, said the MP.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijani political analyst, professor of Western University Fikret Sadikhov said that Afghanistan can benefit from the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars regional transport hub in the future.
Azerbaijan and Afghanistan have quite close trade and economic relations and it is planned to implement various projects in the sphere of transport and logistics, he said.
The political analyst believes that Afghanistan can use the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway for transporting its cargo.
Sadikhov noted that it is not the first meeting of Azerbaijani and Afghan officials, adding the presidents of the two countries met in various international events and discussed the intensive bilateral relations in various spheres.
The political analyst reminded that as part of the coalition forces, the Azerbaijani contingent has been engaged in protection of various civil and military facilities in Afghanistan, ensuring this country’s security for many years.
During the meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov as part of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said that Azerbaijan’s political, social and economic development model is an interesting example for Afghanistan, said Sadikhov, adding that this undoubtedly makes the two states closer and meets their interests.
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