Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.20 / Trend /
It's time for a closer cooperation with Azerbaijan, President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev believes.
The President of Kyrgyzstan made this statement at the ceremony of the presentation of credentials by the Azerbaijani Ambassador to his country, Hidayat Orujov, the Embassy said on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the development of cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in trade, economics, transport, communications, cultural and humanitarian affairs, Orujov said during his meeting with the president.
He said that he will make every effort for the development of cooperation between the two countries.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree appointing Hidayat Orujov as Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan in December 2012.
By another presidential order, Hidayat Orujov was granted the diplomatic rank of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.