No:680/23, Press release on political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Algeria
29 November 2023 19:36
On 29 November, the first meeting of political consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria was held in Baku.
The political consultations were led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yalchin Rafiyev on the Azerbaijani side and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Lounes Magramane on the Algerian side.
During the consultations, an exchange of views was conducted on the prospects for expanding the existing friendly and cooperative relations between Azerbaijan and Algeria, and the importance of diversifying economic and trade relations, developing interparliamentary cooperation, as well as intensifying mutual high-level visits was emphasized.
During the meeting, prospects for cooperation in education, culture, tourism, healthcare and a number of other fields were also discussed, and it was emphasized that the establishment of a Joint Economic Commission with the participation of the relevant institutions of the two countries would give impetus to the development of bilateral relations in the relevant areas.
Touching upon cooperation issues within multilateral cooperation platforms, the sides expressed satisfaction with the level of existing contacts within the framework of the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The fact that the initiatives put forward during our country’s chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement served to strengthen the position of the Movement in the system of international relations was commended, and the importance of maintaining the positive dynamics of bilateral cooperation within the framework of international organizations in the future was emphasized.
During the meeting, an exchange of views was also conducted on regional and international political processes.
