Sahiba Gafarova meets with President of North Macedonia

Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis (Parliament), Sahiba Gafarova, had a meeting on March 12 with the visiting delegation headed by President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, Report informs, citing the Milli Majlis.

Gafarova stated that the high-status visits and meetings played a special role in the advancement of the relations between the two countries.

The speaker added that she was certain that the current visit would contribute to the continuing expansion of the bilateral links.

It was remarked then that the visit coincided with the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and North Macedonia. In the past years, Azerbaijan and North Macedonia have built the bilateral bonds resting on the principles of friendship, mutual respect and mutually advantageous cooperation.

Fine prospects as to enhancing the bonds and furthering economic, trading, investment, energy, transport, agricultural and otherwise cooperation were mentioned during the conversation. Those matters had also been discussed at a meeting of Ilham Aliyev with Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova.

Having said she was content to be in Azerbaijan, President of the Republic of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, described Azerbaijan as being friendly and close to her country. She also underlined the great importance that North Macedonia attached to furthering the links with Azerbaijan.

The president then shared the impressions from her meeting with President Ilham Aliyev. Also, she offered her opinions about the prospects for green energy transition, the work that Azerbaijan has done in that area and the relevant substantial inputs from the COP29 conference and the 12th Global Baku Forum.

As the conversation went on, Speaker Gafarova stressed that the parliaments’ connections constituted one of the factors of considerable favorable influence on the bilateral and multilateral relations. It is therefore essential to broaden the interaction of the legislatures further – including under the aegis of international parliamentary entities.

Speaker of the Milli Majlis informed the president on Azerbaijan’s having liberated its own lands and restored its territorial integrity and sovereignty, the progress of the peace process with Armenia and the role of Azerbaijan in the maintenance of European countries’ energy security.

They also underscored the importance of educational and cultural cooperation, adding that the humanitarian cooperation promoted the strengthening of the countries’ and peoples’ ties considerably. President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova mentioned Azerbaijan’s wealth of cultural heritage.

Other matters of shared interest were talked over as well at the meeting.