During the meeting, Pakayeen pointed to Iran and Azerbaijan's willingness to protect their environment, specially the Caspian Sea, and asked for increased interaction and cooperation between the two neighboring states in this field.
Baghirov, for his part, referred to Iran-Azerbaijan growing ties in all fields, and expressed his country's readiness to work with Iran in ground of environment protection.
The Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Islamic Republic of Iran to the south.
Iran has an embassy in Baku and a consulate-general in Nakhichevan City. Azerbaijan has an embassy in Tehran and a consulate-general in Tabriz. Both countries are full members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi in September called current relations between Iran and Azerbaijan as friendly and constructive, and said that Tehran tries to explore new avenues for expansion of bilateral ties.
Iranian foreign minister pointed out that despite the attempts made by the enemies to sow discord between the two brotherly nations and governments, Tehran is eager to boost and strengthen mutual ties in various political, economic, business and cultural arenas with Baku.
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Iran's Envoy to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pakayeen and Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Huseyngulu Baghirov in a meeting in Baku on Tuesday discussed expansion of the two countries' cooperation in area of environment.
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