The leading media outlets of Serbia have widely covered Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to the country.
The articles highlighted the official welcome ceremony held for President Ilham Aliyev, as well as the one-on-one meeting and expanded meeting between the Azerbaijani President and President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade.
The articles quoted Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic as saying: “We highly value the position taken by Azerbaijan and treat this position with great respect. The relations between our citizens are developing. Our friendship is manifested in specific activities both on your side and on ours. Thank you for your continued support for the territorial integrity of Serbia”.
The articles also quoted President Ilham Aliyev as saying: “Serbia and Azerbaijan always supported each other on international arena and the issues related to territorial integrity and sovereignty of our countries, always were addressed with respect to interests of both countries.”
The articles mentioned that as part of the visit the heads of state signed Joint Statement between the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the President of the Republic of Serbia”, “The Memorandum on the Establishment of the Strategic Partnership Council between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Serbia” and its annex, “The Statute of the Strategic Partnership Council between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Serbia”.
Nihad Budagov
Special Correspondent