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President Sisi and Azerbaijani Counterpart Hold Expanded Meeting in Baku


Sat 28 Jan 2023 | 12:07 PM
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On Saturday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held an expanded meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev at the Presidential Palace in Baku.

During the meeting, President Sisi expressed his deep gratitude to Azerbaijan's President for the warm welcome and hospitality he has enjoyed since yesterday. Sisi also voiced his heartfelt condolences regarding the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy yesterday.

"Mr. President, the mutual understanding that manifests itself in all fields during our meeting, and the presence of the political will of both sides in the direction of the development of cooperation in political, economic, and other fields gives me confidence in saying that these relations will further strengthen," Sisi added.

The Egyptian President also conveyed his congratulations to Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late President and National Leader of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev, who was a close friend of the Egyptian people.

He noted, "Of course, good results were also achieved in the meeting of the Azerbaijan-Egypt Intergovernmental Joint Commission held last year. But I think that the development of relations between our countries in all fields will deepen further after this visit too – in the conditions of mutual understanding, on the basis of mutual interests and political will."

"Mr. President, we have also agreed that facilitating measures should be taken in our countries for both Azerbaijani and Egyptian investors. The establishment of joint ventures and joint investments, mainly in the field of pharmaceuticals, is also part of the agreement reached between us. As you mentioned, after the list of all the medicines Azerbaijan needs is developed and presented to us, we will do our work in this direction, Sisi said.

On his part, Azerbaijani President attached great importance to Sisi's visit, saying it will be a very important step for the development of Egyptian-Azerbaijani relations.

He added, "We have just discussed many issues in our one-on-one meeting. We have no disagreements regarding the future development of Egyptian-Azerbaijani relations. There are ample opportunities for cooperation in many areas. I am sure that we will implement the agreements reached after the visit."

Ilham Aliyev affirmed that the issues of strengthening of Egyptian and Azerbaijani political relations are also on the agenda. We will strengthen our joint activities in international organizations and deepen our cooperation.

He also added that the Presidnet Sisi's visit to Azerbaijan will contribute a lot to the future successful development of our countries.