2024-07-04 23:30:48
The meetings held in Astana by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, who participated in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the invitation of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kazakhstan – the country chairing the SCO this year, as well as the signing of the “Joint Declaration on the Establishment of Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China” and the Shareholders’ Agreement signed between the “Azerbaijan Investment Holding” and the Joint-Stock Company “National Welfare Fund “Samruk-Kazyna”, are widely covered by influential world media.
As reported by Day.Az, Russian media outlets with a wide readership have published news and articles about the meeting between President Ilham Aliyev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin within the framework of the SCO summit.
The TASS news agency article titled “Aliyev noted active interaction between the economies of the two countries at a meeting with Putin” states that the head of the Azerbaijani state noted the growth of mutual settlements in trade in national currencies. At the meeting, it was noted with satisfaction that this figure already makes up more than 70 percent of Azerbaijani exports to Russia, and about 50 percent of Russian exports to Azerbaijan. The agency particularly emphasizes that the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan expressed satisfaction with the increase in trade turnover between the two countries, as well as the development of cooperation in the humanitarian sphere.
The article, published in the Kommersant newspaper, outlines the views of the leaders of the two allied countries on strengthening cooperation between the states. The newspaper also cites President Ilham Aliyev’s statement on increasing trade turnover between Russia and Azerbaijan, as well as mutual settlements in national currencies.
The newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” writes about the opinion expressed during the meeting by President Ilham Aliyev about the importance of the Russian language in Azerbaijan and the scale of education in Russian in schools. The article quotes the head of state: “We have about a million students studying in Russian: 150 thousand in Russian schools, and 800 thousand studying Russian as a second language. That is, this means that future generations of our citizens will also actively interact and speak Russian as we do.”
Materials and articles about the meeting of President Ilham Aliyev with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were also published on the websites of Russian agencies and newspapers RIA Novosti, News.ru, Profile.ru, Moskovsky Komsomolets, Life.ru, Smotrim.ru and other media outlets. Television news broadcasts were prepared and posted on the websites of Channel One, Mir24 and RTR TV channels. The materials set out the views of the head of the Azerbaijani state on the successful continuation of mutual cooperation with Russia and the implementation of all provisions of the Declaration on Allied Interaction signed in 2022. Russian media emphasize that President Ilham Aliyev noted that joint activities within the framework of the alliance have yielded good results over more than two years.
Kazakhstani media outlets are publishing detailed materials about the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who took part in the SCO summit, and his Kazakhstani counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
As noted in the article published on the website of the Informburo agency, the head of the Azerbaijani state emphasized that joint steps and efforts are continuing in the direction of implementing the agreements reached during the visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan. It is indicated that in the coming days a meeting will be held within the framework of the unofficial summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which will be held in Karabakh. It was also brought to the attention of Kazakhstani readers that leaders Ilham Aliyev and Kassym-Jomart Tokayev noted the achievements in the development of the Middle Corridor, emphasized the importance of signing the Agreement on the management of the joint investment fund. It is reported that in this regard, instructions have already been given to specialized structures to implement specific projects.
An article published on the Zakon.kz portal under the title “Ilham Aliyev noted the significant role of Kazakhstan in the international arena” states that the head of Azerbaijan thanked Kazakhstan for facilitating the negotiation processes between Azerbaijan and Armenia and emphasized that Kazakhstan, as a worthy member of the world community, plays a significant role not only in the region, but also in the international arena.
The publication notes that Kassym-Jomart Tokayev expressed gratitude to Ilham Aliyev for agreeing to hold talks in Astana. It is emphasized that the President of Kazakhstan stated that his country is ready to support Azerbaijan’s full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
In the materials published on the portals Tengrı.news, Ulysmedia.kz, Optımızm.kz, the signing of the Shareholders Agreement between the Azerbaijan Investment Holding and the Joint Stock Company “National Welfare Fund “Samruk-Kazyna” is presented as another example of bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation. At the same time, it is brought to the attention that President Ilham Aliyev stated that there is a positive dynamic in all areas that were discussed and agreed upon, and issues related to transport infrastructure are being actively implemented. At a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart, the head of the Azerbaijani state noted that the two countries are essentially working as one team on the Trans-Caspian transport route. He also emphasized that this topic will be the main one at the informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States, which will take place in just a few days in Karabakh, and in which the leader of Kazakhstan will participate.
Chinese media widely covered the meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Chinese President Xi Jinping and the signing of the “Joint Declaration on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the People’s Republic of China.”
The article published in ChinaNews quoted Xi Jinping as saying that Chinese-Azerbaijani relations are based on sincerity and mutual trust as its headline. It was noted that the Chinese leader stressed that the two countries are good friends, close partners based on equality and mutually beneficial cooperation, and that Chinese-Azerbaijani relations have always developed on a healthy and stable basis. The article noted that Xi Jinping said that with the signing of the Joint Declaration, relations between the two countries will rise to the level of strategic partnership, which is also a new starting point. At the same time, the publication quotes Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev as saying that trade turnover between the two countries has reached $3 billion, Azerbaijan has already opened trading houses in 6 cities in China, and that exports from the People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan have increased.
The website of the Chinese TV channel CCTV, the portals dajılin.com, cpc.people.com, News.cn, Politics.gmw, SZS.news, german.cri.china, m.cyol.com note that at the meeting of the leaders of China and Azerbaijan, sister city relations between the cities of our countries were touched upon, it was emphasized that 6 Azerbaijani cities maintain relations with various cities and regions of China. Xi Jinping thanked for Azerbaijan’s constant support of the “One China” policy. The parties especially emphasized the coincidence of our countries’ positions in the fight against extremism and separatism.
The Chinese media reports that the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at a meeting with the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping emphasized that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to multilateralism – multilateral diplomacy. He noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan condemned the elections held in Taiwan, and China also expressed support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.
The articles say that Azerbaijan was one of the first to support and join the Chinese project “One Belt, One Road”. It was emphasized that Azerbaijan is expanding its transport and logistics capabilities and investing in this area. During the meeting, it was noted that the capacity of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line was increased to 5 million tons, and the cargo capacity of the Alat International Sea Trade Port was increased from 15 to 25 million tons.
Authoritative Turkish media also widely covered the meeting of President Ilham Aliyev with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan within the framework of the SCO summit and the trilateral meeting with the participation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Thus, the Anadolu news agency published an extensive article about the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey and the trilateral meeting with the participation of Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. The publication talks about the historical significance of the summit in a trilateral format, held for the first time, and expresses confidence that from now on such meetings will be regular. The publication notes that the meeting once again emphasized the full provision of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, and expressed concern that countries located outside the region are pursuing a policy of militarization in the South Caucasus.
The parties exchanged views on the prospects for development of economic and trade relations in a trilateral format, cooperation in the fields of innovation, energy, agriculture, education, humanitarian and other areas in accordance with the spirit of political relations.
The article titled “A trilateral summit held in Astana… The meeting of the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan took place” published in the Hürriyet newspaper tells about the meeting between the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan, talks about the moral support provided to Azerbaijan by the fraternal countries – Turkey and Pakistan – in the 44-day Patriotic War, touches upon issues of cooperation in the field of defense and defense industry, and notes the importance of the “Three Brothers” exercises held in 2021 with the participation of special forces of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Pakistan.
News and articles about the trilateral meeting of the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Pakistan were posted on the pages of Turkish newspapers Milliyet, Sabah, Akşam, Cümhuriyet, Yeni Çağ, Aydınlık, as well as on the websites of TRT Haber, NTV, CNN Türk TV channels.