President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received credentials of newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guatemala Lars Henrik Pira Perez.

Ambassador Lars Henrik Pira Perez reviewed a guard of honor.

Lars Henrik Pira Perez presented his credentials to President Ilham Aliyev.

President Ilham Aliyev then spoke with the ambassador.

They noted that there are good opportunities for developing bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Guatemala in a variety of fields, adding that the two countries are interested in making efforts to expand ties in economic, investment making, trade and cultural areas.

The sides stressed that Azerbaijan and Guatemala need to get to know each other better and get more information about each other for expanding relations between the two countries.

Ambassador Lars Henrik Pira Perez congratulated the head of state on the upcoming opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway.

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