Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations

Pakistan-Azerbaijan relations

Pakistan
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations are the foreign relations between the Azerbaijan and the Pakistan. Pakistan has an embassy in Baku and Azerbaijan has an embassy in Islamabad. The two nations are considered "strategic partners".[1]

Modern relations between the two states were established when the republic of Azerbaijan became independent following the collapse of the USSR – on June 9, 1992.[2] Pakistan was among the first countries to recognize Azerbaijan – on December 12, 1991.[3] Trade and cooperation have steadily grown between the two nations, with several summits being held on how to improve trade between the two nations.

Azerbaijan, Pakistan "enjoy strategic partnership relations" officials of both countries said in March 2013.[4]

Official meetings

Farooq Leghari became the first president of Pakistan to visit Azerbaijan in 1995. A year later, Heydar Aliyev visited Islamabad. There were several meetings between Heydar Aliyev and a prime-minister of Pakistan – Benazir Bhutto which ended with signing of 9 agreements, which were diplomatically important.[5]

The agreement on defense and military cooperation between countries was concluded in 2002. In the same year, another meeting between President Heydar Aliyev and Parviz Musharraf took place in Istanbul at the summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization.[6]

In September 2003, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ilham Aliyev met with President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Parviz Musharraf. Both of them discussed international issues.

In the summer of 2004, Parviz Musharraf made an official visit to Azerbaijan.[7] In July 2003, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf visited the Heydar Aliyev Foundation in Baku.

In the spring of 2005, President Ilham Aliyev visited Pakistan. During the two-day visit, the heads discussed the potential for establishing a partnership. Six agreements were signed in the field of information and communication, transport, aviation, cultural relations, finance and education.

In May 2006, the 9th ECO Summit was held in Baku, where the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shovket Aziz, took part too.[6]

In the summer of 2008, a delegation led by the Chairman of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Muhammadmian Sumro, and the delegation of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of Pakistan under the chairmanship of Mushakhid Hussein Saidi visited Baku.

Economic relations

In autumn 1995, the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of trade and economy and a protocol on the establishment of a joint commission at the state level. The meetings of the commission mentioned above are held every 2 years in the capital cities of both countries.

In 2005, a branch of the National Bank of Pakistan was opened in Baku.[8]

XIII Summit of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) took place on March 1, 2017, in the capital of Pakistan – the city of Islamabad.[9] President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev also attended the Summit. At the meeting, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and the President of Azerbaijan – Ilham Aliyev came to a mutual agreement to import products of the military-industrial complex of Pakistan into Azerbaijan. Issues related to the defense industry[10] and economy were also discussed.[11]

In November 2017, the Pakistani Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the city of Karachi announced the desire of entrepreneurs to make a contribution into a free economic zone (FEZ) in the Azerbaijani village of Alyat. The main attention will be paid to the development of the pharmaceutical field.[12]

Since late 2017, the IRP has been negotiating with Azerbaijan noting the importance of the "North-South" transport corridor for future. This corridor can become a link in the railway transport of Azerbaijan, Iran and the Russian Federation.[13]

The annual trade between Azerbaijan and Pakistan is approximately 10 million USD.

Military cooperation

Pakistan is one of the owners of nuclear weapon and a state with high rates of development of the military industry. Regarding the issues of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, it is noted that it is possible to produce weapons for common purposes, as well as laying the foundations of military enterprises. On the other hand, Pakistan aims to strengthen its relations with Azerbaijan in the field of energy on the account of the lack of energy resources.[14]

Azerbaijan has approached Pakistan with wishes to further expand cooperation in fields of joint production of defence products[9] during the meeting of Pakistan's Minister of Defence Productions with Azerbaijan's President.[10]

In the winter of 2014, during the fifth meeting of the working group on military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan in the city of Islamabad, the countries signed an agreement on mutual military cooperation.

Over the past decade, Pakistani military experts trained about a hundred Azerbaijani military units.

Azerbaijan is holding talks with Pakistan to purchase JF-17 Thunder fighter bomber aircraft.[6] [7] In October 2016 President Aliyev and PM Sharif confirmed plans to carry out joint military exercises.[8] In 2019–2020, the mass production of JF-17 Block 3 fighters is scheduled. Azerbaijan is interested in purchasing Super Mushak[11] bomber aircraft.

International support

Pakistan is one of few countries to recognize Khojaly massacre,[15] carried out by Armenia against Azerbaijani people, as a genocide.[16][17] Pakistan also supports Azerbaijan's side of the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict.[18] Whilst Azerbaijan also supports Pakistan's stance on Kashmir over India and recognises Kashmir as Pakistani Territory. President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain affirmed Pakistan's military support to Azerbaijan saying it was fully ready to equip the Azerbaijani military and Azerbaijan confirmed it "stood with Pakistan on the Kashmir problem".[19]

In April 1993, a meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations, led by Pakistan, was held. The resolution unanimously adopted resolution № 822 concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[20]

In addition, Pakistan is a member of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference[21] on Aggressive Measures[22] of the Republic of Armenia, directed against Azerbaijan.

Cultural connections

Relations between Pakistan and Azerbaijan also develop in the religious and cultural spheres. There is a special branch of the Pakistani language – urdu at Baku State University.

In the spring of 1996, the Joint Declaration on twinning of the Azerbaijani city of Ganja with the Pakistani city of Multan was adopted. In 2004, in the city of Islamabad, in two languages - English and Urdu, the book "On the works of the prominent Azerbaijani thinker Jalil Mammadguluzadeh" was published.[23]

In 2007, an earthquake occurred on the territory of Pakistan, in particular, in the city of Muzaffarabad. Azerbaijan, led by Ilham Aliyev, rendered assistance to the affected country by a material amount of one and a half million dollars. On the initiative of the chairman of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, in the rural area of Rara, in the city of Muzaffarabad a construction of a secondary school on a modern model had begun. Its grand opening was held in February 2008. The Fund also allocated funds for the construction of a new block of the medical clinic of the Khyber Eye Foundation in Peshawar.

Embassy

The authorized ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Azerbaijan is Said Khan Mohmand,[24] while the authorized ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Pakistan is Dashgin Shikarov.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.azernews.az/nation/105579.html
  2. ↑ "Пакистан и Азербайджан. Взаимоотношения".
  3. ↑ "PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN: AN EFFORT TO BUILD PAKISTANI REGIONAL LEADERSHIP". Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "News.Az – Azerbaijan, Pakistan 'enjoy strategic partnership relations'". Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Heydar Aliyev and Benazir Bhutto. Official meetings".
  6. 1 2 "Pervez Mosharraf and Heydar Aliyev. Official meetings".
  7. ↑ "Президент Пакистана Парвиз Мушарраф посетит Азербайджан в начале июля". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  8. ↑ "В Баку открылся филиал Национального Банка Пакистана". Day.Az (in Russian). July 12, 2005. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  9. ↑ "Economic relations between Pakistan and Azerbaijan".
  10. ↑ "Industry".
  11. 1 2 "Азербайджан закупает истребители у Пакистана". ЭХО (in Russian). March 3, 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  12. ↑ "Пакистанские бизнесмены инвестируют в СЭЗ в Азербайджане | Вестник Кавказа". vestikavkaza.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  13. ↑ "North-South transport corridor".
  14. ↑ "Азербайджан и Пакистан договорились о расширении сотрудничества в энергетике, нефтегазодобыче и поставок энергоресурсов" (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  15. ↑ ""International Recognition of The Khojaly Genocide"". un.mfa.gov.az. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  16. ↑ "Pakistani Senate`s Foreign Relations Committee approves Khojaly genocide". Azertag. February 1, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Khojaly genocide: Causes, consequences and international recognition". Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  18. ↑ "Senate of Pakistan" (PDF).
  19. ↑ http://en.apa.az/azerbaijan-politics/foreign-news/pakistan-says-ready-to-fully-equip-azerbaijani-army.html
  20. ↑ "Resolution #822".
  21. ↑ "The Organization of the Islamic Conference". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  22. ↑ "No:370/17, Press Release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the outcome of 2017". mfa.gov.az. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  23. ↑ "Cultural connection between Pakistan and Azerbaijan". lib.aliyevheritage.org. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  24. ↑ "Пресс-релизы". mia.gov.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  25. ↑ "Embassy of Azerbaijan in Pakistan".
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