BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 8. The Azerbaijani
Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova met with the delegation led by
the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and discussed the
interparliamentary cooperation today, a source in the parliament
told Trend.


The conversation emphasized that the visits of the President of
Iran Masoud Pezeshkian to Azerbaijan this year, as well as other
high-level reciprocal visits and meetings and the documents signed,
are of great importance in the development of bilateral relations
and demonstrate quite rich cooperation agenda between the
countries.


The meeting pointed out that the strengthening of
political-economic, trade, transport, and cultural-humanitarian
relations between the two countries, sphere, and the expansion of
cooperation opportunities make an important contribution to the
further deepening of bilateral relations.


At the same time, the meeting stressed great significance of
activities of the state commission on cooperation between
Azerbaijan and Iran in the economic, trade and humanitarian fields
and the joint projects being carried out.


At the meeting, an exchange of views was held on the importance
of cooperation between our legislative bodies as one of the factors
that significantly influence the development of relations between
the two countries. Gafarova, recalling with satisfaction her visit
to Iran, said that the meetings held during the visit had a
positive impact on relations between the countries'
parliaments.


The speaker noted that active cooperation is being carried out
both on a bilateral basis and within reputable international
organizations such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the
Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement, the
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States, and the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization.


She underlined the necessity of continuing joint efforts to
further expand these relations. In this regard, the importance of
strengthening the role of the working groups operating in the
parliaments was also noted.


Araghchi stressed that Iran attaches great importance to the
development of relations with Azerbaijan and stated that there is a
close political dialogue between the two countries. Sharing his
impressions of the meeting he held with President Ilham Aliyev
during the visit, the guest noted that the meeting took place in a
sincere and constructive atmosphere. He positively assessed the
high-level political and economic relations and emphasized the
importance of deepening relations between the two peoples, as well
as between the legislative bodies.


During the meeting, an exchange of views was held on the current
state and development prospects of interparliamentary
relations.


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