Ilham Aliyev met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev at the presidential residency in Gabala.

During the meeting, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev thanked President Ilham Aliyev for the invitation to attend the Third Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States. Pointing to the progress achieved by Azerbaijan, Nursultan Nazarbayev said that our country had earned great respect in the international arena and fraternal Kazakhstan was proud of Azerbaijan. Nursultan Nazarbayev said that he was witnessing great development in Azerbaijan during the current visit.

President Ilham Aliyev said that Kazakhstan had also achieved tremendous progress in various fields. Noting that bilateral relations between our countries were developing in many areas, the head of state touched upon the role of the energy and transport potential in the further development of both countries.

The sides stressed the importance of the Third Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States being held in Gabala for a further strengthening of the ties between the two countries and peoples, and exchanged views on the opportunities for expanding the economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, including transport and agricultural sectors and exports from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan.