Afghan President: we grateful for Azerbaijan's support

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, speaking at the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process 7th Ministerial Conference in Baku, express gratitude to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev for his support.

"We highly appreciates the work carried out under the leadership of the Azerbaijani president for the opening of the North-South Corridor. It opens up an opportunity to join the Lapis Lazuli transport corridor and serves to establish ties at the regional and global levels,”  the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza cited Ashraf Ghani as saying.

"Azerbaijan servicemen contribute to our security," Ashraf Ghani said. "We welcome the Azerbaijani president’s statement on strengthening support in the field of defense," he stressed.

The President noted that Azerbaijan offered Afghanistan the best form of technical assistance. "I look forward to signing agreements on mutual protection of investments and other spheres,” Ghani concluded.