Baku / 17.12.19 / Turan: Azerbaijan and Ukraine mutually support each other's territorial integrity, this was announced today at a briefing by the presidents of the two countries - Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Zelensky at the end of bilateral negotiations in Baku.
In particular, Zelensky expressed gratitude to Azerbaijan for supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine. “We also support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,” the Ukrainian president said.
According to him, Ukraine is interested in closer cooperation with Azerbaijani business for the implementation of "large joint projects."
He called the recent deal on the purchase by the Azerbaijani mobile operator Barkcell of the Ukrainian company Vodafon Ukraine a good example of cooperation.
Kiev intends to support the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, which operates in the Ukrainian market.
Ukraine supports the project of the Southern Gas Transportation Corridor. According to Zelensky, the parties agreed to explore the possibilities of its expansion.
"This is a very important factor - diversification of gas supplies to European consumers. In addition, the unique transit potential of our countries and infrastructure should be fully utilized," he said.
According to Zelensky, Ukraine and Azerbaijan intend to intensify mutual aviation, road and rail transportation, and are also interested in implementing projects in the space industry and aviation. In January 2020, a meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission will be held in Kiev, after which specific projects will be prepared.
Zelensky invited Aliyev to visit Ukraine.
Aliyev, in turn, noted that the bilateral agenda is wide and Zelensky’s visit will give a strong impetus to the development of cooperation. “We discussed a number of issues: increasing mutual trade, energy, and transportation.
There is great interest in mutual investment. I am sure that today the Azerbaijani-Ukrainian business forum will have a positive impact on the business community,” the President of Azerbaijan said. -06D-
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