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Azerbaijan and Pakistan completed 25 years of bilateral relationship and cooperation that extends to every sphere ranging from political, economic, technological, security to cultural arenas. The relation is based on a concept of "shared prosperity" and on rigorous commercial diplomacy and is consolidated on greater socio-economic connectivity, better political understanding and geo-strategic cooperation and increasing military cooperation. Both countries have unlimited opportunities for further strengthening of bilateral relations.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif went on an official visit to Azerbaijan from oct. 13 to 15, 2016 where discussions on the highest level were undertaken to increase and strengthen development of bilateral cooperation. Pakistan wants to strengthen relations with Azerbaijan in various fields, to raise their level from friendly relations to strong economic partnership. The strengthening of socio-economic ties and the development of trade and business relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan will be beneficial to both.
The current level of cooperation provides a win-win proposition for both the countries. For Pakistan, the strategic alliance with Azerbaijan offers a degree of recognition of Pakistan's bid to become a more active, assertive and powerful regional actor. for Azerbaijan, Pakistan is also an important diplomatic supporter and more recently, a key military partner.
In the near past, due to exchange of a series of high level visits, political relations between azerbaijan and Pakistan are now at a high level. Both states have supported each other on the international forum; Pakistan supports azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, condemning the aggressive policy of Armenia. Moreover, Pakistan was the first country to adopt a resolution strongly condemning the genocide committed by Armenian armed forces against the civilian population of Azerbaijan's Khojaly town and urging the international community to force armenia to fulfill un Security council resolutions. The Senate of Pakistan also recognized the events in Khojaly as genocide. Pakistan fully supports azerbaijan's territorial integrity and has not yet recognized armenia as an independent state in connection with its occupation of azerbaijani lands. azerbaijan supports Pakistan on the dispute of Kashmir.
azerbaijan and Pakistan bilateral relations were established 25 years ago and today both are strategic partners. The Azerbaijan-Pakistan friendship was founded by two H.E. Heydar Aliyev, the founding father and first president of Azerbaijan and Benazir Bhutto. Now H.E. Ilham Aliyev...