Ilham Aliyev: Ties with Central Asia among Azerbaijan's foreign policy priorities

Relations with Central Asian countries are among the priorities of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at an informal consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia and Azerbaijan, Report's correspondent informs from Cholpon-Ata.

"It is enough to simply look at the dynamics of mutual visits from the beginning of 2023 until today. Over three and a half years, I have visited the brotherly countries of Central Asia a total of 16 times. During this period, my colleagues visited Azerbaijan 26 times. These statistics best demonstrate the dynamics, the closeness of relations, and the fact that today Central Asia and Azerbaijan have transformed into one geopolitical and geoeconomic region," President Aliyev said.

The head of state also noted that he was participating in the consultative meeting for the first time as a full member of this format.

"I want to assure you that Azerbaijan will be an active member of the consultative format and will, for its part, make every effort to further expand cooperation and bring our countries and peoples even closer together," Ilham Aliyev said.