AZERBAIJAN PM MEETS AFGHAN FM

Baku, 16 December,(AzerTAj)Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade met Tuesday
with visiting Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and his accompanying
delegation.

Rasizade thanked the government and people of Afghanistan for supporting Azerbaijan
within international organizations.
Spanta, for his part, expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome. He said
Afghanistan recognizes territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
On behalf of the government and people of Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Spanta
thanked Azerbaijan for the financial and military aid provided. He touched upon
Afganistan`s accomplishments, saying some 6 million Afghan children went to school
over recent years and women were represented in the parliament for the first time.
According to him, terrorism and weakness of governmental structures are the major
problem of Afghanistan.
Spanta pointed out talks in the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan resulted in reaching
an agreement on expansion of cultural, economic and scientific ties. Azerbaijan
needs specialists and Azerbaijan can help in education of Afghan students.
Rasizade accepted Afghan Foreign Minister` invitation to visit Afghanistan.
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