Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pays official visit to Poland

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Warsaw today, an official welcome ceremony has been held in the airport.

President Aliyev arrived at the Presidential Palace. A ceremonial guard of honor was lined up at the square decorated with national flags of Azerbaijan and Poland. Polish President Andrzej Duda greeted President Ilham Aliyev.

Polish state and government officials were introduced to President Aliyev, while members of the Azerbaijani delegation were introduced to President Duda.

After the official welcome ceremony, Aliyev and Duda have had a one-on-one meeting and exchanged gifts. After it they have held an expanded meeting joined by their delegations.

Following the meeting, a ceremony of signing documents was held. President Ilham Aliyev and President Andrzej Duda signed the Joint Declaration on the Roadmap for Strategic Partnership and Economic Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Poland.

The protocol on amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation in the Defense Sphere between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Poland, signed in the city of Warsaw on March 30, 2005 was signed by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Polish Deputy Defense Minister Tomasz Szatkowski.

The Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Cooperation between the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Energy of Poland was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Deputy Minister of Energy of Poland Michał Kurtyka.

Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Transport and Transport Infrastructure between the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction of Poland and the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of Poland was signed by the Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan Ramin Guluzade, and the Minister of Infrastructure and Construction of Poland Andrzej Adamczyk and the Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of Poland Marek Gróbarczyk. 

Memorandum of Understanding between the Baku Higher Oil School of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and the AGH University of Science and Technology was signed by the Vice President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic Elshad Nasirov and the Vice-Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology Jerzy Lis.

The Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation in the Field of Railways between Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint-Stock Company and Polish State Railways Joint Stock Company was signed by the Chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways Closed Joint-Stock Company Javid Gurbanov and the Executive Director General of Polish State Railways Joint Stock Company Krzysztof Mamiński.

The Presidents have made statements to the press following the singing of documents in Warsaw.