BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 10. Speaker of the
Azerbaijani Parliament Sahiba Gafarova met with Lord John
Alderdice, the United Kingdom's trade envoy to Azerbaijan, who is
visiting the country on December 10, the parliamentary press
service told Trend.
The meeting highlighted that bilateral cooperation between
Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom spans the economy, trade, energy,
including renewable energy, education, the defense industry, and
other sectors. The importance of high-level visits in strengthening
ties was emphasized, noting President Ilham Aliyev’s visits to the
United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s trip to Azerbaijan
last year to attend COP29.
Gafarova welcomed the steady growth of interparliamentary
cooperation, recalling her official visit to the United Kingdom in
two thousand twenty-two and highlighting the value of the meetings
held during that trip. She noted that the Parliament maintains one
of its largest working groups on relations with the United Kingdom
and Northern Ireland, emphasizing the importance of sustained
mutual visits and active dialogue between legislative bodies.
Lord Alderdice thanked the Speaker for the meeting, spoke about
the expanding cooperation across multiple sectors, and underlined
the need to further strengthen interparliamentary engagement. He
also highlighted Azerbaijan’s advantageous geostrategic position,
its role in the Middle Corridor, opportunities for new
collaboration, and the importance of COP29, hosted in
Azerbaijan.
The sides stressed the strong potential for expanding
cooperation in economic, political, educational, renewable energy,
interparliamentary, and other areas.
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