President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev, who is attending the 4th Global Baku Forum.

The sides hailed the current level of the bilateral relations and their rapid development in recent years. They emphasized the fact that the bilateral ties reached the level of strategic partnership. Opportunities for cooperation in investment making, energy, pharmaceutics and other areas were discussed at the meeting. The development of Azerbaijan-European Union relations was hailed, and the Bulgarian President expressed his country`s readiness to make its contribution to the expansion of these ties.

The importance of the 4th Global Baku Forum was underlined, and the presidents said the event created a good opportunity for conducting fruitful discussion. It was noted that the issues on the agenda of the forum were topical and important in terms of the expansion of international cooperation.

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