Opening of the Office of the Embassy of Azerbaijan

Office of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan was officially inaugurated in Bratislava on 23 September 2015. The Office to be headed by Chargé d’Affaires with permanent residence in Bratislava was officially opened by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic H.E. Mr. Igor Slobodník and Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Mr. Fakhraddin Gurbanov by unveiling its signboard. Both of them together with H.E. Mr. Galib Israfilov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan in Slovakia with seat in Vienna, addressed welcoming speeches to the quests expressing their positive attitude towards establishing the diplomatic presence in Bratislava and their confidence that while starting a new stage in bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Slovakia this step will also serve to their further broadening and developing to better correspond to the existing good perspectives and potential in various fields of cooperation.

The opening ceremony was attended by Slovak Government representatives, including the former President of Slovakia H.E. Mr. Rudolf Schuster, members of the parliamentary group of the Slovak-Azerbaijani Partnership, representatives of the business society, academia and diplomatic corps accredited to the Slovak Republic.

Bilateral relations between the two countries have been established on a good platform and supported so far by the Honorary Consul of Azerbaijan in Bratislava Mr. Jalal Gasymov.

Decision to establish permanent diplomatic representation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Slovak Republic was taken during the official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan H.E. Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov to Slovakia on 26 January 2015 and his meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák.

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Azerbajdžanskej republiky

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