Meeting between Azerbaijani and Ukrainian FMs held

Baku. 31 May. REPORT.AZ/ Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin within his visit to New York.

Report was told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

The Ministers expressed satisfaction with the current level of relations between the two countries and the development of political dialogue. From this standpoint, Foreign Ministers highly appreciated the activity of the Presidents Council, which is high level advisor mechanism between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Ukraine, Intergovernmental Joint Commission, the activity of working group on Azerbaijan-Ukraine inter-parliamentary relations, as well as the role of political consultations between the Foreign Ministries.

Noting the North-South, East-West and South-Western routes the parties said that these projects opened favorable conditions for cooperation between the two countries in the field of transport.

During the meeting, the ministers discussed cooperation within the United Nations and its specialized agencies, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSEC, GUAM and other international organizations. The sides discussed issues of expanding bilateral treaty-legal base, cooperation in energy, science-education, tourism, agriculture, culture, pharmacy and other fields of mutual interest.

The ministers also exchanged views on international and regional issues.