President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Semashko.

Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko conveyed greetings of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to the head of state.

He said he is impressed by rapid development processes that have taken
place in Azerbaijan since his last visit. Vladimir Semashko noted that
preparations for the First European Games in Azerbaijan were followed
with interest.

The head of state said preparations for the First European Games were
completed in a short period of time, only two years. President Ilham
Aliyev added that the state-of-the-art sports facilities and
infrastructure were established for the Games.

The sides noted that the 21st Azerbaijan International Food Industry
exhibition and 9th Azerbaijan International Agriculture Exhibition were
excellently organized, saying the interest in this event is increasing
year by year.

During the conversation, the parties stressed that bilateral relations
between Azerbaijan and Belarus are developing successfully in a variety
of fields, and exchanged views over the issues related to the expansion
of cooperation in the agricultural, industrial, machine-building and
other spheres.

The head of state thanked for the greetings of President Alexander
Lukashenko, and asked the deputy prime minister to communicate his
greetings to the president of Belarus.