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Azerbaijan's President in official visit to Romania
President Traian Basescu on Monday met his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilkham Aliyev, who is paying a two-day official visit to Romania together with his wife Mekhriban Aliyeva. The official reception took place at the Cotroceni Palace, the ceremony also being attended by the wife of the Romanian Head of State, Maria Basescu.The reception ceremony included the national anthems of the two countries being played and the guard of honour being reviewed. Minister of Economy Adriean Videanu was also part of the Romanian delegation welcoming the Azerbaijani Head of State. The programme of the two Presidents includes tete-a-tetes as well as talks in the plenum of the two official delegations, at the end of which they will sign several bilateral documents.
Azerbaijan and Romania sign five documents
Signing ceremony of documents took place with participation of Azerbaijani and Romanian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Traian Basescu on September 28, Azerbaijani President’s press service told APA.
The heads of states signed “Joint Declaration on agreeing to establish strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania”. Azerbaijani Interior Minister Ramil Usubov and Secretary of State at Romanian Foreign Ministry Bogdan Mazuru signed the “Agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijani Government and Romanian Government in combating transborder organized crimes and international terrorism”. The two countries also signed the “Agreement on cooperation between Azerbaijani Government and Romanian Government in eliminating, limiting and reducing the consequences of the emergency situations”. The agreement was signed by Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and Secretary of State in Romanian Foreign Ministry Bogdan Mazuru.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Romanian Minister of Communications and Information Society Gabriel Sandu signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in communications and information technologies between Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies and Romanian Ministry of Communications and Information Society”.
The two countries also signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the protection of environment between Azerbaijani Ministry of Ecology and Naturals Resources and Romanian Ministry of Environment”. The document was signed by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Secretary of State at Romanian Ministry of Environment Dan Kirlan.