Ilham Aliyev holds talks with ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a meeting with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Baku.

The sides underlined that Azerbaijan-France relations strengthened during Nicolas Sarkozy`s presidency in 2007-2012. Aliyev and Sarkozy pointed out that the bilateral ties developed considerably in a number of areas back then. 

Ilham Aliyev noted that as a result of the strengthening of high-level political relations those years, many French companies started to operate or expanded their activities in Azerbaijan, AzerTAc reported.

Sarkozy, in turn, thanked for the hospitality shown to him.