Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ogtay Asadov has met with the President of Hungary Pal Schmitt as part of his visit to Budapest. 
Hungarian President welcomed the Azerbaijani delegation and pointed out that he attaches great importance to development of relations with Azerbaijan.
Recalling his visit to Azerbaijan Pal Schmitt highlighted importance of the meetings towards deepening bilateral ties.
Hungarian President said Azerbaijan achieved great progress in a short period of time and added that he supports Azerbaijan`s hosting next Olympic Games. Pal Schmitt also touched on European Union (EU) relations with neighboring countries and noted that Hungary supports Turkey`s EU membership.
For his part, Asadov stressed Azerbaijan pays great attention to boosting ties with Hungary in various spheres. He said integration into European structures is one of the foreign policy priorities for the country.
The parties exchanged views on development of interparliamentary relations, expansion of political, economic, cultural cooperation, settlement of the regional conflicts.
The same day, Azerbaijani delegation met with the members of Hungary-Azerbaijan friendship group. The sides discussed deepening of interparliamentary ties, reciprocal visits, activity of the parliamentarians within international organizations and other issues.
During the visit, Azerbaijan`s Embassy in Hungary organized a commemorative event dedicated to the Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev. The event was attended by the Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ogtay Asadov, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Zoltan Balczo, State Secretary of Ministry for National Economy of Hungary and co-chair of Azerbaijani-Hungarian Intergovernmental Economic Commission Roza Nagy, parliamentarians of the both countries, diplomats, representatives of the Hungarian community, as well as members of Azerbaijani Diaspora.

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