The first visit of the President of Iraq to Azerbaijan is a very significant event in the history of our bilateral relations.

Axar.az reports that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said this on November 20 during a meeting with President of Iraq Abdullatif Jamal Rashid.

The head of state said:

"Mr. President, distinguished guests, welcome to Azerbaijan once again.

We already had a very good discussion with Mr. President on various issues related to our cooperation and political processes in our regions. Now we will continue the discussion of important issues with the participation of delegations. Next month, our delegation will visit Iraq to participate in the joint economic commission. We have already partially discussed the issues related to our trade, economic and energy agenda.

So, first of all, we are very happy to receive Mr. President on an official visit to Azerbaijan. This is a very significant event in the history of our bilateral relations. This is the first official visit of the President of Iraq to Azerbaijan since Azerbaijan became an independent country. I am sure that the trip will give very good results. So, now we will continue the discussion of important issues related to economic and commercial cooperation. I am sure that this will also contribute positively to the good results of the meeting in Baghdad next month. Mr. President, welcome again."