On February 18th President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received French Minister for Transport Thierry Mariani and Diplomatic Advisor to the French President Damien Loras.
Thierry Mariani handed over President Nicolas Sarkozy `s letter to the Head of State.
The French Minister expressed confidence partnership relations between the two countries would continue to develop.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked for President Nicolas Sarkozy`s sincere opinions about development of bilateral relations.
The Head of State expressed assurance bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and France would continue to expand.
The Azerbaijani leader expressed hope a bill criminalizing the denial of the so-called Armenian genocide wouldn`t come into force.
During the meeting, they also discussed Azerbaijan-France relationship, regional and international issues.

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