President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Karolos Papoulias of Greece met in presence of delegations.
President of Azerbaijan welcomed his Greek counterpart, stating that Azerbaijan and Greece enjoy high level bilateral relationship. He said the Geek president`s current visit would be an important stage in development of relations. "Political relations are developing and intergovernmental commissions cooperate successfully", President Aliyev underlined, noting historical traditions in energy cooperation between the two countries.
President of Azerbaijan also stressed necessity of humanitarian links among the citizens of both countries and thus to diversify the bilateral ties for strong cooperation with good results.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed confidence for more successful cooperation in the years ahead.{nl}

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President of Greece Karolos Papoulias thanked head of the Azerbaijan state, also expressing hope for fruitful cooperation in coming years. Reminding Azerbaijan President`s visit to Athens, he said it was a new stage in development of bilateral relations.

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