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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev's visit to Washington is of particular importance, said in an interview with ANS TV channel Novruz Mammadov, deputy head of Azerbaijani presidential administration, chief of the administration’s foreign relations department.

According to the official, during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, President Ilham Aliyev will talk about the work carried out in Azerbaijan on nuclear safety and on the challenges that are still to be implemented.

"On the other hand, the importance of this summit is that different meetings, contacts and discussions will be held within it. As a result of such meetings, important steps regarding bilateral relations are made," Mammadov said.

Given all this, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Washington is of particular importance, he said.

Today, Azerbaijan is not anyone's competitor and does not compete with any country, even in the field of energy, Mammadov further added.

He said that those, who take Azerbaijan's actions for as competitive, and carry out provocations, try to influence the image and reputation of Azerbaijan.

"They won't achieve that because we are on the right path and we are doing the right things," Mammadov said.

The top official also said that domestic and foreign policies of Azerbaijan for the last 25 years are focused towards sincere, mutual and beneficial cooperation.

"Azerbaijan is a country between East and West, North and South, on the border of Islamic and Christian worlds and is located in the most important point of the world - the South Caucasus," he said.

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