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This week, the Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, Presidential Representative for Special Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, visited Mexico City with the purpose of expanding the ties between this country and the Euroasy nation of the Caucasus region.

The high diplomat pointed out the importance of his country in the region that unites the Asia Central con Europa in the historic area of ​​the Caucasous as well as the potential on issues such as Green energy

A topic of vital importance for Azerbaijan It is the peace agreement that begins to crystallize with its neighbor Armenia and part of the purpose of the trip that the Amirbayov ambassador made this week is to explain to the Mexican what it consists of and the path that still is missing to realize it, as well as the support of the support of the Claudia Sheinbaum government To that process.

The ambassador to Special Affairs of the Azerbaijan government, Headed by President Ilham Alíyev, as part of his agenda he developed a presentation at the Matías Romero Institute, attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to publicize the issue of the Karabaj region and on relations with this country.

“How are the relations between Azerbaijan and Mexico?”

“We celebrated a couple of months ago the 33 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Mexico. Our countries since then maintain an excellent political dialogue.

“We have very good relationships in the Humanitarian fieldcultural and parliamentary. In addition, we try to strengthen them in the field of economic and commercial ties.

“One of the reasons for visiting Mexico It is to contribute to the political dialogue between our two countries by meeting with different officials of the Federal Government and Mexican Congress. “

—What are the movements to increase the relationship between the two countries?—

“One of the main objectives is to identify the future steps to increase these relationships because we both agree that, in the current geopolitical circumstances, both Mexico As Azerbaiyan seek to diversify the geography of their traditional associations and there is the political will of both parties to identify new cooperation areas.

“Have Embassy very active both in Mexico City As in Baku. Therefore, these messages try all their forces to put our respective countries respectively on the map for people.

“We need to identify some Concrete practical projects and specific areas of cooperation in the economic and commercial sphere and one of them is, of course, energy because both Mexico and Azerbaiyan are Hydrocarbons producers.

“In addition, agriculture and agribusiness are areas where both countries have some experience and we can share this experience and increase flow and of course, also in education and tourism and sports “.

—How important is green energy for Azerbaijan?—

“Azerbaijan has been one of the main taxpayers to the Energy security in Europe, But it was mainly oil and natural gas. But now we are increasingly committed to Clean energy production and in issues such as electricity and hydrogen.

“Azerbaijan has enormous potential in the field of solar and wind energy and in the coming years we will implement the project of an underwater cable that will export electricity from the region of Central Asia and the On Western Europe.
“It is therefore a project that attracts the participation of the countries of Central Asia, but also of Azerbaijan, Georgiathat are in the southern Caucasus, but also of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.

“More and more investors express their interest in participating in some Projects in Azerbaijanespecially in those areas that have been released from foreign occupation in the regions of Karabaj and Zangezur Oriental, because there is great potential. Now we know the potential of more than 130 gigawatts of clean energy. “

—How do you explain to the Mexican the importance of Azerbaijan geopolitically? –

“The first thing to understand is that today Azerbaijan can be considered a key state in Eurasia not only for its geographical location, but also for the growing political weight that it has recently acquired.

“That is why we are considered not only the center in terms of connectivity, but also the center of political activity in the region. And secondly, I think we are the country that is now trying to normalize its relations with one of its neighbors, which is Armeniawith which we share decades of conflict and that is now over.

“I think that for the Mexican citizen it will be interesting to understand that Azerbaiyan is a country that has carried out a balanced multivectorial foreign policy. We are not aligned with any important power center. We have maintained our equidistance with them.

“At the same time, we have preserved our Strategic autonomy And many of our neighbors consider us credible partners and allies. “

—What is the peace process with Armenia?—

“We set out to Armenia and last March we end the negotiations on the Peace Agreement project. So, if we manage to sign this agreement, I think we will pass the page of animosity and focus on the integration of the South Caucasus countries.

“To finally achieve this peace we need the Armenian part to eliminate the two remaining obstacles.

“First, the current peace agreement that we are going to sign compromises both Armenia and Azerbaijan to respect territorial integrity, the sovereignty and the inviolability of each other’s borders.

“Unfortunately, the current one Constitution of Armenia It still consecrates the annexation of part of the territory of Azerbaijan, which is the Karabaj region, and this is in contradiction with the peace agreement.

“Then, to ensure that the agreement can be signed, Armenia needs to modify its Constitution To be compatible with the letter and spirit of the peace agreement that we agree.

“What we expect from Mexicolike a peace -loving country, is that it supports the peace agenda of Azerbaijan because if peace prevails in the South Caucasus, This region will become an important taxpayer to regional and global stability. “

—What can the Mexican tourist find in Azerbaijan?—

“I can tell you that there are many common characteristics in terms of the character, hospitality and temperament of our people with the Mexican, so we are people from the south, we are people blessed with a lot of sun, we have a very rich and diverse history and good cuisine.

“Also Azerbaijan It is interesting from the point of view of its geographical location because it is located on the itinerary of the old silk route that connected Asia with Europe in ancient times, but even today we are at the crossroads of roads between different continents, civilizations and cultures.

“And this is also one of the characteristics of our people because it is proud of its diversity, different ethnic groups, different Religions and living in harmony. “

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