President of Azerbaijan visit to Pakistan

At the invitation of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev paid a state visit to Pakistan from 11-12 July 2024. The President’s delegation included Ministers for Defence, Defence Industry, Economy, Digital Development and Transport, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

President Aliyev was received by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and accorded a warm welcome. A guard of honour was presented to him on arrival at the Prime Minister’s House. The President of Azerbaijan laid a wreath at the National Monument.

President Aliyev held meetings with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. The two sides discussed all areas of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation and expressed a desire to further strengthen bilateral cooperation across the entire range of bilateral relations.

Prime Minister Sharif and President Aliyev reaffirmed the strategic partnership between Pakistan and Azerbaijan. They expressed satisfaction at the close security and defence cooperation between the two countries and termed the Trilateral Summit Level mechanism among Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Türkiye as the dawn of a new era in relations between the three countries.