BAKU, Azerbaijan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan values Azerbaijan’s support for the Kashmir cause, and added that the two countries’ mutual support on Kashmir and Nagorno Karabakh reflects strong bilateral relationship.
In a meeting with Speaker Azerbaijan Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov during his visit to the parliament in Baku on Saturday, the prime minister said that democracy is functional in both the countries and inter-parliamentary and leadership level exchanges of visits will enhance cooperation in economic, defence and other sectors.
The prime minister said that India intentionally heated up the Line of Control (LoC) to divert the world attention from the grave human rights violations in Occupied Kashmir. He said that Indian forces’ recent atrocities in held Kashmir have claimed lives of 120 people, blinded over 200 people and wounded thousands of others.
Speaking on the occasion, the Azerbaijan Parliament Speaker expressed the confidence that the prime minister’s visit will help promote bilateral relationship. He also briefed the prime minister about the proceedings of the parliament.
Earlier, the prime minister visited the martyrs’ monument Fakhri Khiyaban in Baku to pay tribute to those who laid their lives for freedom of Azerbaijan. He also laid wreath on the monument.
