“As I have just said, you are held in high esteem in Kazakhstan. People recognize, support and sincerely respect you. In this regard, I considered it necessary to present the order to you on behalf of all our people today. It was under your strong and influential leadership that the historically important task of restoring the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been accomplished,” President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kasim-Jomart Tokayev said on August 24 in a meeting with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, APA reports.

“As you know, Kazakhstan has always supported the principle of territorial integrity of states in relation to Azerbaijan. I believe that this fair principle is completely relevant to modern international law. This is why there are same positions, same approaches and common views here. I believe that this will be a good basis for the development of our cooperation in the future.

As for the conclusions or results of this cooperation, I have no doubt that they will be positive. In the 1990s, there were problems between our states. I remember that period and you certainly remember it too. From today’s perspective, those problems were very minor and small, but they were there. I remember discussing the problems of a $8 million debt. There was such a problem. It is no coincidence that we are describing our cooperation as being of strategic nature today. These words are not meant to create a visibility – cooperation does have such a nature in terms of its volume,” noted Tokayev.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency