Presidential visits

 
The Visit of President Heydar Aliyev to the Arab Republic of Egypt
September, 1994
On September 1994 the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev visited Cairo to participate at the United Nations Conference on Population and Development. During the visit President Heydar Aliyev met with the President of Arab Republic of Egypt Husni Mubarak. They discussed about consolidation relations and development of new prospects for cooperation between two countries. 

The official visit of President Ilham Aliyev to the Arab Republic of Egypt
May 6-7, 2007

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Ilham Aliyev made an official visit to the Arab Republic of Egypt. He was officially welcomed by the President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak at his residence in Cairo and had a one-on-one meeting.
The one-on-one meeting between the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Egypt was continued in the presence of the two countries’ official delegations.
The parties pointed to successful development of bilateral relations in political, economic and other spheres, especially stressing the high level of the two countries’ cooperation within international organizations. Effective use of the existing potential to expand economic cooperation was qualified as necessary and useful for both sides. 
They also touched upon the Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. President Mubarak particularly emphasized that his country supports territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and stands for the problem’s peaceful and fair resolution based on the international legal norms and the principle of inviolability of borders. 

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has also met with Rector of the world-renowned Al-Azhar Al-Shareef University Sheik Mohammad Tantavi.
 Sheik Mohammad Tantavi said this visit by the President of Azerbaijan will enhance the two countries’ cooperation in the fields of science and education, noting 76 student from Azerbaijan are currently studying at the university. He also provided the Azerbaijani leader with information about history of the university, its structure and departments. 

President Ilham Aliyev later attended the opening ceremony of a building for Embassy of Azerbaijan in Cairo. The President and accompanying Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmad Nazif unveiled the plaque reading “Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan” and cut the ribbon symbolizing official opening of the new building.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Cairo. 

President also paid respect to former Egyptian President Anwar Al Sadat who was assassinated during the annual 6th October victory parade in Cairo in 1981.

President Ilham Aliyev met with the Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif. The parties expressed satisfaction with existent level of economic ties between the two countries, noting greater potential for deepening these relations. 

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met with Ahmed Fathi Surur, Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt. Mr. Ahmed Fathi Surur highly valuing his visit to Egypt and stressed necessity of expansion of inter-parliamentary links. 

During the visit President Ilham Aliyev met with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (LAG) Amr Moussa. President Aliyev and Secretary-General Amr Moussa discussed the existent level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and LAG and prospects of the further expansion of relations. The parties expressed satisfaction with Azerbaijan’s cooperation with LAG.
 
The intergovernmental documents between Azerbaijan and Egypt were signed May 7 at the building of the Council of Ministers of Egypt in Cairo with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif in attendance.

The following documents were signed: Agreement on sports cooperation between Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Youth and Sports and Egypt’s National Sports Committee, agreement on cooperation between the Justice Ministries of Azerbaijan and Egypt, Agreement on cooperation between the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture and Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Agreement on international money transfer between the postal agencies of Azerbaijan and Egypt, Agreement on cooperation between the State Telegraph Agency of Azerbaijan (AzerTAg) and Middle East News Agency of Egypt (MENA), Memorandum of understanding in the tourism sector between the Governments of Azerbaijan and Egypt, Memorandum of Understanding between Interior Ministries of Azerbaijan and Egypt, Technical cooperation protocol between the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan and Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority, Memorandum of understanding between Absheron Executive Power of Azerbaijan and Al Qalyubiyah Governorate of Egypt, Memorandum of Understanding between M. F. Akhundov National Library of Azerbaijan and Alexandria Library of Egypt, Additional Protocol to the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan and Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of Egypt, Additional protocol to the agreement on air transport cooperation between the AZAL state concern and Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority. 


Azerbaijan President met with Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, co-chairwoman of the Egypt-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission Fayza Aboulnaga.