Friday, 20 May 2022 (YJC)_ During the meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, the President said: "The existence of constructive relations based on mutual interests between neighboring countries, especially Iran and Azerbaijan, is the most effective factor in maintaining and strengthening security in the region."
Ayatollah Seyyed Ibrahim Ra'isi, President of Azerbaijan, during a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafaev on Thursday, said that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the promotion of economic, political, cultural and trade cooperation with Azerbaijan.
Full implementation of the Tehran-Baku agreements in various fields, including economic and transit, requires practical steps by Azerbaijan.
Referring to the historical relations between the two countries, the President said: Iran and Azerbaijan before being neighbors; They are all cultures and have kinship relations. No factor should be allowed to damage the intimate relations between the two countries.
"The United States and the Zionist regime are not sympathetic to the countries of the world and the region," he said.
The existence of constructive relations based on mutual interests between the neighboring countries of the region, especially Iran and Azerbaijan, is the most effective factor in maintaining and strengthening the security of the region.
Referring to the meeting between the Presidents of Iran and Azerbaijan in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Shahin Mustafaev, Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, said:
Your meeting with Mr. Aliyev in Ashgabat is historic and has opened new pages in the history of relations between the two countries.
Shahin Mostafov stressed that the Republic of Azerbaijan is persistently pursuing the implementation of agreements between the two countries, and announced plans to establish new projects and agreements in the fields of railways, roads and transit to develop relations between the two countries.
Iran-Azerbaijan relations have progressed, grown and developed in all sectors.
Emphasizing the importance and appreciation of Iran's efforts to implement the gas swap between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, he said:
Azerbaijan seeks to increase the capacity of gas swaps in cooperation with Iran, and at the same time we want to implement the electricity swap project from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan through the Islamic Republic of Iran.