Azerbaijan President happy Lankan conflict coming to an end

Amir Ahmadov in Baku

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said he was happy that the conflict with the LTTE was coming to an end. This is a big achievement for President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka, he said.

President Aliyev said so when he met visiting Ambassador of Sri Lanka Mohammed Zuhair concurrently accredited to Azerbaijan with residence in Tehran.

The Azerbaijan President hoped with the conflict ending, a new life for the Tamil people of the North would dawn ending 25 years of suffering.

"Our two countries," President Aliyev said," could expand trade and commercial relations and hoped that the two countries would exchange both official and commercial delegations.

Earlier, Zuhair, briefed the Azerbaijan President on the current situation of the conflict. He also detailed the opportunities for closer bilateral ties between the two countries. Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, with Ambassador of Sri Lanka for Islamic Republic of Iran, Mohammed Zuhair, concurrently accredited to Azerbaijan.