Jordan Daily - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met a Jordanian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives Mazen Al Qadi on Sunday, with both sides highlighting friendly ties and prospects for deeper cooperation between the two countries.
According to Azerbaijan State News Agency AZERTAC, Aliyev said relations between Azerbaijan and Jordan were based on friendship and brotherhood and expressed confidence that cooperation in political, economic, humanitarian and interparliamentary fields would continue to expand.
Aliyev welcomed Al Qadi’s participation in the 20th Session of the Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States,to be held in Baku, saying the visit would help strengthen bilateral relations and create opportunities for closer cooperation between the two countries’ legislatures.
Al Qadi conveyed greetings from King Abdullah II to the Azerbaijani president. Aliyev thanked the king for the message, asked that his own greetings be passed on in return, and invited Abdullah to visit Azerbaijan.
The speaker said ties between the two countries had developed successfully due to the political will of both leaders. He praised Azerbaijan’s development and stability and congratulated the country on the restoration of its territorial integrity and sovereignty, AZERTAC said.
Al Qadi also commended reconstruction and development projects underway in the Karabakh and East Zangezur regions and said Baku’s appearance had left a strong impression on him.
The two sides discussed cooperation within the OIC and issues affecting the Islamic world. President Aliyev reiterated Baku’s support for Islamic solidarity and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
