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By Amina Nazarli

Egypt and Azerbaijan, which have much in common including traditions, culture, customs, and religion, have a permanent political dialogue, as well.

Egyptian Ambassador to Baku Suzanne Jamil in an interview with Trend stressed that the Egypt-Azerbaijan cooperation has been always strong.

"Egypt's foreign policy remained unchanged," Jamil said, adding that Egypt wants to expand cooperation with all countries.

She mentioned a number of high level visits from Egypt to Azerbaijan scheduled for this year, noting that the details have not been disclosed yet.

The ambassador also expressed her country’s support for Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

"Egypt supports the UN Security Council's four resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and also backs Azerbaijan in this issue," she said. "We hope for speedy and peaceful settlement of the conflict."

The successful development of military and security cooperation between Azerbaijan and Egypt was high on the agenda of talks in Baku earlier this March, as a delegation led by the border guard commander of the Egyptian Defense Ministry visited the country. During the Baku talks, the sides emphasized the significance of developing relations in the military and security areas.

Cairo and Baku have had relations which date back to centuries ago but since the last century they have developed closer contacts. Since Azerbaijan has gained its independence in 1991, the two countries have started building relations in the political, economic, cultural and educational spheres.

The two countries also seek to open a new stage of cooperation in tourism. For the past two years thousands of Azerbaijanis visited Egypt. Last year their number reached up to more than 3,000. The most popular months for travel were December, January and March.

Meanwhile the flow of the national tourists to Egypt is expected to increase even more, since Sharm el-Sheikh-Baku direct flight was launched from June 3. Air Cairo low fare subsidiary of Egypt Air opened regular Baku-Sharm el-Sheikh-Baku flights to be performed once a week.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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