On November 30, 2022, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Croatia, Anar Imanov, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Zoran Milanovic.

APA reports that this was reported by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Croatia.

President Zoran Milanovic congratulated Anar Imanov on his appointment as ambassador to the Republic of Croatia and wished him success in his future activities.

Then the ambassador conveyed the sincere greetings and best wishes of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev to the President Mr. Zoran Milanovic.

Expressing his gratitude, the President of the Republic of Croatia asked him to convey his greetings to the President, Mr. Ilham Aliyev.

At the beginning of the meeting, President Zoran Milanovic congratulated our country on the occasion of freeing its lands from occupation and restoring its territorial integrity after 30 years of occupation, and stressed that Croatia always supports the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Stating that he has enough information about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the President noted that they visited Azerbaijan as part of the OSCE mission in 1994 and personally presented the various aid supplies they brought to National Leader Heydar Aliyev.

President Zoran Milanovic stated that he visited the Republic of Azerbaijan during his tenure as Prime Minister, held a number of meetings there, and left our country with good impressions.

At the same time, the President said that his country is interested in the development of bilateral relations with Azerbaijan, and that he attaches great importance to the expansion of cooperation in the field of energy.

Paying attention to the sharp increase in energy prices in Europe in recent months, the President of Croatia stated that protecting the energy security of his country is one of the most important issues and welcomed Azerbaijan's position on Europe's energy security. noted the necessity.

During the meeting, Ambassador A. Imanov touched on the mutually beneficial relations between Azerbaijan and Croatia and pointed out that the Declaration on strategic partnership between the two countries was signed in Zagreb in 2013, and important work was done in the direction of the development of bilateral relations and expansion of cooperation in the past period.

The ambassador noted that in 2016, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Ms. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, made an official visit to Baku, and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, to Zagreb in 2018, and that these visits gave a strong impetus to the development of bilateral relations between our countries.

A. Imanov emphasized the importance of continuing high-level mutual visits between our countries, activating political dialogue between our countries, which are strategic partners, and mutual support on various platforms.

A. Imanov also brought to his interlocutor's attention that on September 27, 2020, under the leadership of the victorious Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, our Army restored our territorial integrity by ending the Armenian occupation within 44 days, and that our country implemented the known resolutions of the UN Security Council.

The ambassador also gave detailed information about the fact that hundreds of cities and villages of Azerbaijan were completely destroyed as a result of the occupation of Armenia, the country's economy suffered a huge amount of damage, and about a million refugees and internally displaced persons lived in difficult conditions in different regions of our country for decades.

Later, the ambassador stated that our territories were mined during the occupation, which seriously hinders the ongoing restoration and reconstruction works, that time and large financial resources are required to clear the territories from mines, but despite the above, extensive restoration and reconstruction works are currently being carried out in the territories freed from occupation.

A. Imanov emphasized that as a result of the signing of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the delimitation and demarcation of the borders between the two countries, and the restoration of economic and transport relations, the path to sustainable peace and economic progress in the region will be opened within the framework of the peace initiative proposed by Azerbaijan.

The ambassador also noted that there is a great potential for economic and commercial cooperation and mutual investment between our countries, the importance of expanding relations in the fields of industry, agriculture, agriculture, and tourism. He mentioned that there are ample opportunities to invest in these areas.

At the end of the conversation, the President of Croatia, Ambassador A. Imanova, wished success in her activities in Croatia.