Ilham Aliyev: Joint Efforts Of Baku And Tehran Will Achieve Further Strengthening Of Ties

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory letter to the newly elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masudi Cyzshkian and invited him to Baku.

About this on Saturday, July 6 is reported on the website of the administration of the head of the Azerbaijani state.

Baku attaches great importance to relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, built on such strong foundations as general religious and cultural roots, friendship and fraternity, follows from the text.

“We are pleased that our mutually beneficial cooperation, dynamically developing over the past decades in all areas, in particular, in the economic, transport, energy and humanitarian regions, has reached the current level and has gained new content. The agreements reached today on future areas of development Azerbaijani -Iranian relations based on mutual respect and good neighborliness, implemented joint projects serve as the well -being of our countries, sustainable development and security of the region as a whole, ”the letter says.

Aliyev expressed confidence that, jointly, Baku and Tehran will achieve further strengthening of traditionally friendly relations, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation between Azerbaijan and Iran.

“I invite you to make a visit to Azerbaijan in order to exchange opinions on the prospects for the development of our bilateral cooperation. I am conveying my best wishes to you, I wish you success in the upcoming responsible activity for the benefit of the friendly and fraternal people,” the text of a congratulatory letter says.

According to the official results announced by the results of the second round of the presidential election in Iran, the deputy reformer from Tabriz, the former Minister of Health Masud Kiteshkin became the ninth president of the country, gaining 53.7 percent of voters.

His rival, the former secretary of the National Security Council, Said Jalili, enlisted the support of only 44.4 percent of voters.