On June 8th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade met chairman of the Kazakh Senate, Kayrat Mami.

The sides discussed prospects for development of cooperation in various spheres.

Rasizade said he highly appreciates the visit of the Kazakh delegation to Azerbaijan.

The Prime Minister praised Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan cooperation, saying the visit would contribute to strengthening it.

Touching upon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Rasizade said as a result of Armenia`s aggressive policy against Azerbaijan, 20 percent of the country`s territories was occupied and more than one million Azerbaijanis were subjected to ethnic cleansing. "Azerbaijan regards that the conflict must be settled on the basis of norms and principles of international law."

Chairman of the Kazakh Senate, in turn, said he saw great development process in Baku during his first visit to Azerbaijan. Mami noted the meetings he would hold in Baku would give impetus to expansion of bilateral cooperation.

He also highly appreciated political and economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

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