"The Azerbaijani – Georgian ties have ancient traditions. The will of our peoples that have historically been living in an environment of friendship, good neighborhood and mutual understanding and constantly supported each other, constitutes the foundation of our current interstate relations. It is of utmost pleasure to see that our ties based on mutual trust and confidence have dynamically evolved in the last 30 years and reached the level of strategic partnership," the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, said in a letter addressed to the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, Report informs, citing AZERTAC.
"The high level of our interstate relations coupled with our constantly broadening political dialogue has strongly stimulated the comprehensive development of our mutually beneficial collaboration in all spheres and opened up favorable possibilities to successfully realize large-scale energy and transportation projects. Today, the important projects implemented jointly by us serve the interests of our States and peoples, contribute to the prosperity, stability, and security in our region and have particular significance for the entire European continent as a whole," the head of state said.