Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda.

A meeting was held in the Turkmen Foreign Ministry with Lithuanian Ambassador to Turkmenistan (with residence in Baku) Egidijus Navikas, who arrived in Ashgabat on a working visit, Trend reports with reference to the Foreign Ministry.

Kazakhstan’s SCAT air company is looking into resuming flights between Kazakhstan and Lithuania, a representative of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure told Trend.

Lithuania is a very promising country for Azerbaijan because it has one of the important ports in the Baltic Sea - Port of Klaipėda, which is a rather important facility in the Baltic Sea, where big freight and ferry transportation services are carried out, Azerbaijan’s National Secretary of the TRACECA program, expert in the field of transport and logistics Akif Mustafayev told Trend.

Azerbaijan and Lithuania intend to elevate relations to a higher level, the Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) of Lithuania Viktoras Pranckietis, who recently paid a visit to Azerbaijan, said in an exclusive interview with Trend.

Opening direct air service with Azerbaijan is among Lithuania’s priorities, Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications told Trend.

Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov met with a delegation led by Chairman of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania Viktoras Pranckietis, who is in Azerbaijan on an official visit, Trend reports on Nov. 8 referring to the Cabinet of Ministers.

Lithuania proposes Azerbaijan to consider possibility of partnership in Europe-China transportation chain, Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications told Trend.

Azerbaijan and Lithuania have exhchanged views on military cooperation, the Azerbaijan Defence Ministry published on its website on November 6.

Azerbaijan has left behind a number of European countries, including Italy and Lithuania, taking the 27th place in the sub-category “Quality of Road Infrastructure” in the Global Competitiveness Index report by the World Economic Forum, Trend reports