Ilham Aliyev Meets with the Pope
On March 6 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was received by the head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis in the Vatican.
During the meeting, they discussed the bilateral relations and touched upon the implementation of various cultural projects implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in the Vatican in recent years.
Note that the Heydar Aliyev Foundation provides financial assistance to the Vatican Library.
A carpet was presented to the Pope. -0-
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- 7 March 2015 11:41
Politics
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Relations with Iran remain uncertain, and there have been no meetings with the new Iranian leader yet. Head of State Ilham Aliyev said this in an interview with local TV channels on January 7. After the Second Karabakh War, the Iranians began to supply fuel to Karabakh.Baku demanded to stop this, however, the demand was ignored.
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Three vessels sailing under the flag of Azerbaijan were detained in Eritrea along with 18 Azerbaijani citizens last November. They are still being held in the African country, but diplomatic efforts are being made to free the citizens and the vessels, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.
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President Ilham Aliyev has said the prospects for Azerbaijan's relations with the European Union are dim. ‘It is difficult to say how our relations with the European Commission will develop, but last year was a year full of disappointments. It was last year that the EU took Armenia's side unequivocally,’ Aliyev said in an interview with Azerbaijani TV channels on 7 January.
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Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council arrived in Baku today as part of his regional visit to the South Caucasus. IRNA reports that the visit is aimed at strengthening political and security relations with the countries of the South Caucasus region.
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