Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani companies willing to operate as contractors, investors in Afghanistan

  01 December 2017    Read: 1180
Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani companies willing to operate as contractors, investors in Afghanistan
As a friendly and partner country, Azerbaijan is proud to be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Afghanistan on the path of development, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said in a statement to the press following his meeting with Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Baku, AzVision.az reported.
“Looking back on the history of bilateral diplomatic relations, our cooperation is at the highest level now. We’re good partners and friends,” said the Azerbaijani president.

Azerbaijan and Afghanistan support each other in international organizations, stressed President Aliyev.

“We are grateful to Afghanistan for its fair position on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in accordance with the norms of international law,” said the president. “Azerbaijan, in its turn, supports Afghanistan in all international organizations. We are a member of the Resolve Support Mission. We provide multimodal transit and use of our airspace. We have decided to increase the number of our servicemen serving in Afghanistan and thus contribute to stability, peace and development in Afghanistan.”

The head of state noted that stability can only be achieved through economic and social development.

President Aliyev pointed out that Azerbaijan and Afghanistan are the participants of large-scale transport projects.

“At the Hear of Asia – Istanbul Process 7th Ministerial Conference, we both touched upon the Lapis Lazuli transport project which is of great importance for all participant countries,” he said.

The president mentioned that Azerbaijan has successfully implemented the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway project together with its neighbors and partners.

Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijani companies are willing to operate as contractors and investors in Afghanistan.

“They are ready for it. We have relevant experience, and we want to be useful to our Afghan brothers,” he added.

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