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Baku/30.03.22/Turan: On Wednesday the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the Minister of the Armed Forces of Great Britain, a member of the British Parliament James Hippie.
Noting the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Great Britain, the parties stated effective cooperation in various fields; exchanged views on the prospects for cooperation in the oil and gas sector, in trade, transport and defense, on investments in the Azerbaijani economy.
Ilham Aliyev spoke about the post-conflict processes in the region after the end of the Second Karabakh War.
Today the British Minister was received by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov. Among others, issues of cooperation in the military sphere were discussed. -06В-
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