President Ilham Aliyev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held an expanded meeting with participation of the delegations from both sides

03 June 2010, 13:10
President Ilham Aliyev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held an expanded meeting with participation of the delegations from both sides

Following the meeting in private, President Ilham Aliyev and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held an expanded meeting with delegations from both countries.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev addressed the participants of the meeting:

-Dear Alexander Grigoryevich!

Dear guests!

Once again, I cordially welcome you to Azerbaijan. We attach a great importance to your visit. I am sure this visit will contribute to further development of relations between our states. Our relations are developing very dynamically, positively. We are working on a number of joint projects, and we implement them successfully. We fulfill every task in a short period of time and with quality. This is why I think that your visit to our country will give an impetus to development of bilateral relations. We plan to sign a number of documents, and we enjoy a broad legal base between our states. I think that members of the delegation are also taking the advantage of this visit. I know that there are active contacts between members of our governments. However, I think discussing these issues once again would be beneficial. I believe we will explore new ways of developing our cooperation, find new areas, very promising areas – power engineering, agriculture, construction, tourism, and cooperation in the field of high technologies. I believe we`ll achieve good results.

We have already deeply discussed the bilateral relations, regional issues, and international affairs. I am very pleased with our friendship and also with how effectively and positively our relations are developing. We, in Azerbaijan, are always pleased to see you, and I am confident your current visit will be a success and mark good results. Welcome once again.

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President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed his gratitude for a warm welcome:

- Dear Ilham Heydarovich!

Dear friends!

Once again, I would like to express our gratitude to you, Ilham Heydarovich, and those who`ve been working with us for traditionally warm, friendly hospitality, which my colleagues and I have always felt in your country. Longstanding good traditions of close cooperation and mutual support between our nations are not just continuing but becoming stronger and stronger under these different conditions. Today our countries are moving forward on the path towards strengthening statehood and creating a powerful state. Ilham Heydarovich, without holding back my envy, I speak about what I feel, three years after my last visit here, when I see what is going on in Baku, and not only in the capital. There are cranes everywhere, large-scaled construction work is underway, and in the evenings, there is a special view when you see beautiful lighting. Your buildings are at the same time different. Honestly speaking, I am happy for you.

You have been doing everything very wisely. I told Ilham Heydarovich that if a country has a president who thinks of and loves his people, this country has great prospects.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that thanks to an active dialogue between the presidents and governments, the two countries` trade increased several times over the last five years. Mentioning that there is more potential to explore in this field, the President of Belarus added that the relations developed in various fields very rapidly and important achievements had been achieved.

Baku. 03.06.2010.