Serbia, Azerbaijan "moving toward strategic partnership"

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev started his two-day visit to Serbia on Wednesday - today he and Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic will be in Novi Sad. Yesterday, Aliyev told a joint news conference in Belgrade that cooperation between the two countries had significantly stepped up lately, and that this visit showed that relations between them had strategic importance. Serbia, Azerbaijan "moving toward strategic partnership" These ties were "moving towards a strategic partnership", said the two presidents, adding that genuine intention to foster cultural, political and economic relations between Belgrade and Baku is shown by a large number of agreements signed. Tadic and Aliyev said that, at the international level, the two countries support each other in international organizations and appear together because their territorial integrity has been violated. They also discussed the deepening of cooperation between the two countries in several fields, especially in the energy sector, while Tadic said that Serbia is interested in participating in Azerbaijan's energy projects in the region. The relevant officials of the two countries signed agreements on cooperation in emergency situations, customs operations, protection of investments, education and culture, and memorandums of cooperation in agriculture, industry, energy and air transportation. In the afternoon, Tadic and Aliyev opened the reconstructed Tasmajdan Park in Belgrade, where they unveiled the monument of the former president of Azerbaijan, Heidar Aliyev. The park was reconstructed with financial help from Azerbaijan. Also on Wednesday, Ilham Aliyev formally opened the country's embassy to Serbia, in the presence of representatives of the governments of two countries, diplomatic corps and religious communities. Tadic and Aliyev will today visit Novi Sad, where they will attend the ceremony of unveiling of the monument to Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov. lham Aliyev and Boris Tadic (Tanjug)

Serbia, Azerbaijan "moving toward strategic partnership"

These ties were "moving towards a strategic partnership", said the two presidents, adding that genuine intention to foster cultural, political and economic relations between Belgrade and Baku is shown by a large number of agreements signed.

Tadić and Aliyev said that, at the international level, the two countries support each other in international organizations and appear together because their territorial integrity has been violated.

They also discussed the deepening of cooperation between the two countries in several fields, especially in the energy sector, while Tadić said that Serbia is interested in participating in Azerbaijan's energy projects in the region.

The relevant officials of the two countries signed agreements on cooperation in emergency situations, customs operations, protection of investments, education and culture, and memorandums of cooperation in agriculture, industry, energy and air transportation.

In the afternoon, Tadić and Aliyev opened the reconstructed Tašmajdan Park in Belgrade, where they unveiled the monument of the former president of Azerbaijan, Heidar Aliyev. The park was reconstructed with financial help from Azerbaijan.

Also on Wednesday, Ilham Aliyev formally opened the country's embassy to Serbia, in the presence of representatives of the governments of two countries, diplomatic corps and religious communities.

Tadić and Aliyev will today visit Novi Sad, where they will attend the ceremony of unveiling of the monument to Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov.