Azerbaijani president receives GCC secretary general

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev met today with Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr. Abdul-Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani in presence of Ambassadors of the GCC countries to Azerbaijan and the Assistant Secretary-General for Negotiations Affairs and Strategic Dialogues. The President of Azerbaijan welcomed GCC Secretary-General hailing the strong relations between Azerbaijan and the GCC States and stressed the importance of further developing and expanding these relations in various fields. President Aliyev also commended the efforts exerted by the GCC countries in regional and international issues. He expressed his country\'s keenness to enhance its political and economic relations with the GCC countries as an influential regional group that shares many common interests with Azerbaijan. Al-Zayani underlined the GCC countries\' keenness to enhance cooperation ties with Azerbaijan in all fields. He noted that the memorandum of understanding which will be signed between the two sides will contribute to strengthening and developing cooperation and bilateral relations.