ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov held a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Thursday.
Jeyhun Bayramov is visiting Pakistan from May 29-30, 2024 at the invitation of Senator Ishaq Dar.
The two foreign ministers reviewed progress on bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional and global developments.
Pleased to receive my brother H. E. Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, today in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
We agreed to strengthen our strategic relations and expand our cooperation in areas like trade, investment, energy, defence, education, climate change… pic.twitter.com/HK9AIak2RK
— Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) May 30, 2024
The two sides expressed strong commitment and resolve to further strengthen bilateral strategic relations and broaden the scope of cooperation in all areas of mutual interest including trade, investment, energy, security and defence, education, climate action and regional connectivity.
They also agreed to enhance parliamentary exchanges, strengthen cultural cooperation and promote people-to-people exchanges including between students, academia and businessmen.
The two sides agreed to identify new areas of economic cooperation and bolster cooperation in climate action and renewable energy sector and increase bilateral investments especially in the energy sector. They also noted the critical importance of Joint working Group on Energy in promoting cooperation in the energy sector.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar expressed Pakistan’s full support to Azerbaijan during its presidency of COP29.
Ishaq Dar and Jeyhun Bayramov discussed bilateral cooperation at multilateral fora and regional and global developments including the situation in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The deputy prime minister congratulated the visting dignitary on Azerbaijan’s principled stance on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute and congratulated Azerbaijan’s on restoration of its sovereignty over the Karabakh region.
The two sides also agreed to work together in the framework in Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO).
