President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by Farzaneh Sadiq, Minister of Roads and Urban Development of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Co-chairman of the Azerbaijan-Iran Intergovernmental Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation, on February 23.
Modern.az reports that during the conversation, Farzaneh Sadiq's visit to our country last year and her meeting with President Ilham Aliyev were recalled with satisfaction.
The head of state recalled his telephone conversation with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian a while ago, stating that during that telephone conversation, issues of mutual cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran, as friendly countries, were discussed.
President Ilham Aliyev, noting with satisfaction the expansion of the bilateral agenda, emphasized that the projects jointly implemented by Azerbaijan and Iran will open up broad opportunities for both our countries and the region. The head of state expressed his hope that all these issues would be discussed within the framework of Farzaneh Sadiq's visit to our country and that the visit would yield positive results.
Farzaneh Sadiq, expressing her satisfaction at visiting Azerbaijan again, thanked the head of our state for the reception.
She conveyed the greetings of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to the head of our state and emphasized that the Iranian President attaches special importance to relations with Azerbaijan.
The head of state expressed his gratitude for the greetings and asked for his greetings to be conveyed to Masoud Pezeshkian.
Farzaneh Sadiq emphasized the existence of historical, religious, and cultural ties between our countries.
During the conversation, the importance of the 17th meeting of the “State Commission for Cooperation in Economic, Trade, and Humanitarian Spheres between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran” to be held in Baku was touched upon, and the North-South transport corridor, the construction of a road bridge connecting the Aghband and Kalala settlements over the Araz River, and other issues of mutual interest were discussed.
