A Joint Communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states was signed in New York by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, Tofig Musayev, and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Botswana to the UN, Charles Masole.

Axar.az reports that the Joint Communiqué expresses the intention to promote mutual understanding and cooperation between the countries and peoples of Azerbaijan and Botswana.

The document also emphasizes that the governments of both states base their diplomatic relations on the UN Charter and universally accepted norms and principles of international law, in particular the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.

The Permanent Representatives also sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the organization for the dissemination of the Joint Communiqué as a UN document.