AGHDARA, Azerbaijan, September 12. Relations
between Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan are taking on an increasingly
strategic and close character, Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to
Azerbaijan Maksat Mamytkanov made the remarks in an interview with
Trend on the second
day of the visit by representatives of the diplomatic corps
accredited in Azerbaijan to Karabakh and East Zangazur.


The ambassador noted that significant agreements regarding the
development of cooperation between the two countries were reached
following the state visit of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
to Kyrgyzstan a month ago.


"First and foremost, an agreement on allied relations was signed
between Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan. In accordance with this
agreement, our relations have risen to the highest level of
interaction between the two countries.


In line with these alliance agreements, our future cooperation
will take on a broader scope. Therefore, we anticipate closer
cooperation and greater activity across all areas of interstate
relations," Mamytkanov added.


Representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan
are visiting Karabakh and Eastern Zangazur accompanied by Hikmet
Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the
Presidential Administration.


The visit involves a 150-member delegation representing 58
countries and nine international organizations.


On September 11, the diplomatic representatives visited
Khankendi and Shusha. In Khankendi, the delegation first toured the
Khankendi Railway and Bus Terminal Complex, where construction work
is underway. They then visited the Cultural Center in Khankendi.
The diplomats also visited Victory Park and took a group photo in
front of the Victory Arch. The visit also included a tour of
Karabakh University.


In Shusha, the delegation inspected ongoing restoration and
reconstruction work and visited the First Residential Quarter, the
construction site of the New Shusha Mosque, the Molla Panah Vagif
Museum-Mausoleum Complex, Jidir Duzu, Karabakh Street, Sadigjan’s
House, the Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque, Shusha Central Square, the
Shusha Creative Center and the Uzeyir Hajibeyli House Museum.


The diplomats also took a group photo in front of the Shusha
Fortress walls and attended an official reception held to mark the
Independence Day of the United Mexican States.