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Azerbaijani foreign minister pay official visit to Serbia

04 May 2011 11:40 (UTC +04:00)

Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told APA that the two-day visit was made at the invitation of Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk JeremiÄ‡. Mammadyarov and JeremiÄ‡ attended the inauguration of Azerbaijani room at the Serbian Foreign Ministry on May 3.

After the inauguration, Mammadyarov and JeremiÄ‡ held a tÃªte-Ã -tÃªte meeting, then a large meeting with the participation of delegations. JeremiÄ‡ reminded about his visit to Azerbaijan in 2009 and Serbian President Boris TadiÄ‡â€™s visit in 2010.

Mammadyarov thanked the Serbian leadership for their support to Azerbaijan on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, informed his counterpart about the negotiation process held towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict, mediated by OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. At the same time, he reiterated again Azerbaijanâ€™s position on Serbiaâ€™s â„– 1 problem â€“ Kosovo problem. In his turn, noting that the development of relations with Azerbaijan is a political course and strong position of the Serbian leadership, JeremiÄ‡ expressed gratitude to the Azerbaijani state and government for supporting Serbiaâ€™s position on Kosovo issue, both at the bilateral meetings, and within international organizations.

They also discussed the upcoming visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Serbia on June 8-9, 2011. After the meeting, the ministers made a short statement for the Serbian press.

That day Mammadyarov met with the Belgrade Mayor, deputy chairman of ruling Democratic Party Dragan Djilas, who tanked the Azerbaijani leadership and government for the humanitarian projects carried out by the Azerbaijani embassy in Serbia, as well as reconstruction and renovation of the Serbian peopleâ€™s popular leisure place â€“ Tashmaydan Park.

Mammadyarov appreciated the renovation of â€œTashmaydan Parkâ€ and erection of monuments of Azerbaijanâ€™s national leader Heydar Aliyev and well-known Serbian writer Milorad PaviÄ‡ there, erection of Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyliâ€™s bust in Novi Sad and immortalization of the memories of these historic figures in Serbia as a sign of friendly relations between the countries.

Then Mammadyarov familiarized himself with move of the renovation works in the park with participation of Belgrade cityâ€™s general architect and deputy mayor, author of project on Tashmaydan parkâ€™s restoration and renovation, architect Eldar Huseynov.