BAKU. Feb 14 (Interfax) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Ahmed al-Sharaa on the start of his work as Syria's president for a transitional period and invited him to visit Azerbaijan.
"I congratulate you on the start of your work as president of the Syrian Arab Republic for a transitional period, I wish you success in your responsible work for the good of the people of Syria. We attack a lot of importance to the development of relations of friendship and cooperation between Azerbaijan and Syria. Azerbaijan is ready to provide the necessary support and help in this important transitional period for Syria," Aliyev said in his congratulation to al-Sharaa.
Aliyev believes there are currently good opportunities for taking Azerbaijani-Syrian relations to a qualitative new level and for fulling cooperation between the two countries with new content.
"In this context, I am taking the chance to invite you to visit Azerbaijan," the Azerbaijani leader said.
Azerbaijan did not have relations with Syria over the past few years. The situation changed after Bashar al-Assad left the country and the opposition came to power.
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