President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with former President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, who is on a visit to the country.
Nicolas Sarkozy hailed great construction and redevelopment work carried out in Baku under the leadership of President Ilham Aliyev since his last visit to Azerbaijan a few years ago, noting that he is deeply impressed by all these development processes.
President Ilham Aliyev thanked for the warm words.
They underlined that Azerbaijan-France relations strengthened during Nicolas Sarkozy`s presidency in 2007-2012, pointing out that the bilateral ties developed considerably in a number of areas. President Ilham Aliyev and Nicolas Sarkozy recalled their meetings with pleasure. It was noted that new frameworks of cooperation were established at that time only as a result of
joint efforts of President Ilham Aliyev and Nicolas Sarkozy. A groundbreaking ceremony of the French Lyceum in Baku with the participation of both presidents was described as a remarkable event. As a result of the strengthening of high-level political relations those years, many French companies started to operate or expanded their activities in Azerbaijan.
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