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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee David Harris, Azertac state news agency reported.

President Aliyev expressed hope that the visit of the delegation led by David Harris to the country would be interesting, and the trip would create a good opportunity for members of the delegation, who are in Azerbaijan for the first time, to closely familiarize themselves with the country.

Noting that David Harris was a close friend of Azerbaijan, President Aliyev stressed the importance of the visit in terms of discussing issues of mutual interest.

Harris emphasized that Azerbaijan was an important country for the US. He noted that the American Jewish Committee would spare no efforts to contribute to the deepening of the relations between Azerbaijan and the US.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views over the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and stressed the significance of coexistence of different religious communities in Azerbaijan and the measures taken to develop multiculturalism even further. They also discussed a number of issues of mutual concern.