President Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
The head of state met the NATO Secretary General.
President Ilham Aliyev said that the visit of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to Azerbaijan would be fruitful from the standpoint of discussing the current state of and prospects for cooperation. The President stressed that the cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO in various fields was developing successfully. Recalling with satisfaction his latest visit to NATO headquarters and meetings with diplomats there, the visit to New York during Azerbaijan’s presidency in the UN Security Council and his participation in the NATO summit in Chicago, President Aliyev noted the importance of the discussions related to the development of cooperation. Underscoring the importance of Azerbaijan's participation in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, its role as a transit country in the transportation of goods to Afghanistan and a successful cooperation within the framework of the “Partnership for Peace” program, President Ilham Aliyev expressed his confidence that Azerbaijan would continue to contribute to the cooperation with NATO.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen congratulated the head of state on a high level of organization of the “Eurovision” song contest in Azerbaijan and the successes of Azerbaijani sportsmen in the 30th Olympic Games in London.
Noting that the rapid development ongoing in Azerbaijan had made a good impression on him, the Secretary General expressed his satisfaction with the growing reputation of our country in the international arena. Anders Fogh Rasmussen praised Azerbaijan's participation in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan directly and through transit.
The sides exchanged views on a further development of relations between Azerbaijan and NATO, regional security and stability, energy cooperation and other issues of mutual interest.
