Ambassador: Baku to host Azerbaijan-Belgium political consultations in 2H24

The next bilateral political consultations between Azerbaijan and Belgium will be held in Baku in the second half of this year, Ambassador of Belgium to Azerbaijan Michel Peetermans told Report.

“At the political level, dialogue between our leaders and administrations has continued over the past three years, even as direct contact was reduced due to the COVID-19 outbreak,” he said.

The ambassador noted that bilateral political consultations are held every two years. In April 2022, they took place in Brussels between delegations led by Khalaf Khalafov, who at that time served as deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan, and Director General for Bilateral Relations of the Belgian Foreign Ministry Jeroen Koreman. The next meeting is expected to be in Baku in the second half of 2024.

Peetermans added that on August 24 and 25, 2023, the head of the Belgian Foreign Ministry, Hadja Lahbib, was on an official visit to Baku. This provided an opportunity to discuss a wide range of topics with various interlocutors, including Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Speaker of Parliament Sahiba Gafarova and religious leaders of Azerbaijan.

You can read the full interview here.