BAKU: President Mamnoon Hussain said here on Friday that Pakistan would continue to support Azerbaijan on the conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh, expressing gratitude on Azerbaijan’s support on the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir.

During a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Elmar Maharram Mammadyarov, the president said that the real success of Azerbaijan-Pakistan ties lay in transforming burgeoning political relations into concrete cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, defence, education, culture, science and technology.

He stressed that Pakistan condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.

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The president said that Pakistan was happy to provide training to diplomats from Azerbaijan at its Foreign Service Academy.

He said Pakistan would like to have more young diplomats from Azerbaijan that would result in better understanding and friendship between the two countries.

Minister of Defence and Industry of Azerbaijan Yavar Jamalov also called on the president who said that both countries should take advantage of each other’s experience in the field of defence.

Member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan Ganira Alasgarqizi Pasha­yeva also met President Mamnoon Hussain.

During the meeting, the president stressed the need of closer cooperation between parliamentarians of the two countries which could play an important role in supplementing governmental efforts to strengthen relations.

The president praised Ganira’s contributions to the development of Pakistan-Azerbaijan relations. Ganira Alasgarqizi Pashayeva presented her book on Pakistan to the president.

The president congratulated her on writing the book and said it would enhance friendship and mutual understanding among people of the two countries.

DEGREE: Baku State University on Friday conferred an honorary doctorate degree on the president.

Speaking on the occasion, the president expressed profound gratitude for being awarded with degree.

He stated that the bonds of brotherhood between the two countries were based on common history, culture, values and way of life, said a press release.

The president appreciated that the Baku State University had an Urdu Department and said that he was pleased to meet students learning Urdu and Pakistani culture.

He said the National Book Foundation of Pakistan had set up a section in its building to pay tribute to Azeri poet Nizami Ganjvi and the foundation was publishing his books.

Published in Dawn March 14th , 2015

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