NEW YORK: The United Nations (UN) is interested in intensifying relations with Azerbaijan, which is a very important country for this organization, President of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said. Bozkir made the remark during a meeting with Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Sahiba Gafarova.
“The holding of a special UN session at the initiative of the president of Azerbaijan during the COVID-19 pandemic received a wide international public response,” Bozkir added. “Now we all together must be ready for new challenges in the post-pandemic period.”
Meanwhile, Speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament Sahiba Gafarova met with a delegation led by the President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir on April 9. Having warmly welcomed the guest, Gafarova said that Azerbaijan attaches particular importance to the development of relations with the UN. “Azerbaijan actively participates in the discussions on peace and security with the structures of this influential international organization, makes a worthy contribution to the events which are held through it,” Gafarova said.
“When independent Azerbaijan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, high-level meetings on the fight against terrorism and partnership between the UN and the Islamic world were held,” speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament added.
“Azerbaijan took the most direct part in making the most important decisions in the field of international security,” the speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament said. “Today, Azerbaijani peacekeepers are very actively involved in peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan and South Sudan within the UN mandate.”
“Azerbaijan spares no effort in resolving the global issues,” Gafarova added. “For example, at the suggestion of our country as chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, a special session of the UN General Assembly was held. The session was dedicated to countering COVID-19 and where the importance of strengthening international cooperation to solve this problem was emphasized.”
The speaker of the Azerbaijani parliament also highly appreciated the signed “Framework document on cooperation between the UN and Azerbaijan for sustainable development for 2021-2025”. Continuing the conversation, Gafarova mentioned four resolutions of the UN Security Council regarding the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has been already resolved, stressing that Azerbaijan ensured the implementation of these documents and restored its own territorial integrity during the 44-day second Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh War. – Agencies
