Islamabad (TDI): Pakistan and Azerbaijan have reiterated their commitment to enhancing cooperation in trade, energy, air connectivity, and people-to-people contacts.
This was discussed during a meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Azerbaijan’s Minister of Defence Industry, Vugar Mustafayev in a meeting on Thursday.
Welcoming the visiting minister, the President underlined the historic and deep-rooted ties between Pakistan and Azerbaijan.
He urged the need to increase people-to-people contacts, tourism links, and trade and business ties to promote regional economic collaboration.
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He called for finding ways and means to strengthen cultural linkages and further advance people-to-people exchanges.
The president welcomed the operationalization of direct flights between the two countries, expressing the hope that it would further boost people-to-people relations.
It is important to mention here that more than 72,000 Pakistanis visited Azerbaijan last year for business and tourism purposes, marking a 25 percent increase from the previous year’s figure of 55,000 travellers.
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The Minister of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan underlined the deep-rooted relations between the two ties, stating that Azerbaijan was keen on further enhancing bilateral collaboration with Pakistan in the fields of energy, business, and culture.
He said that both countries had supported each other through difficult times and expressed gratitude for Pakistan’s political support to Azerbaijan.