Baku, Azerbaijan, April 10. Another round of
political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of
Azerbaijan and Portugal took place in Baku, the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry said, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister
Fariz Rzayev, and the Portuguese delegation was headed by Director
General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Helena Malcata.
The meeting discussed the prospects for the development of
bilateral relations, noted the importance of mutual official visits
and cooperation within the framework of international
organizations.
The parties discussed the expansion of economic ties, the
possibilities of cooperation in the fields of energy, transport and
high technology. There was also a broad exchange of views on
strategic energy and transport infrastructure projects being
implemented in the region at the initiative of Azerbaijan.
Deputy Minister Fariz Rzayev spoke about Azerbaijan’s diplomacy
in the fight against climate change and its contribution to the
global climate agenda, about our country’s chairmanship of the 29th
session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP29), the initiatives put forward
and the results achieved within the session.
The meeting also provided detailed information on the situation
in the region in the post-conflict period, the process of
normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the steps
taken by our country to ensure sustainable peace, the existing
obstacles in the peace process, as well as the large-scale
restoration work carried out in the liberated territories.