BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 18. Azerbaijan and
Romania discussed prospects of strategic partnership.


This is reflected in a post on X social network by Assistant to
the President of Azerbaijan—Head of the Foreign Policy Department
of the Presidential Administration, Hikmet Hajiyev.


The discussions happened during a meeting between Hikmet Hajiyev
and his Romanian counterpart, Marius Lazurca, who is currently on
an official visit to Azerbaijan.


According to the post the high-level discussions focused on
expanding the multifaceted strategic partnership and solidifying
the deep economic and security ties between Baku and Bucharest.


"I had a productive meeting with my Romanian counterpart, Marius
Lazurca, who is visiting Azerbaijan. Reaffirming the strategic
partnership and traditional friendship between Azerbaijan and
Romania, we discussed the broad opportunities for further deepening
our EU member state geographically closest to the South Caucasus,
Romania holds an important place in our cooperation. We exchanged
views on prospects for advancing collaboration in the political,
economic, energy, defense, cultural, humanitarian, and other
fields. We agreed to continue our active political and security
dialogue," the post reads.