On March 3-5, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elnur Mammadov paid a business visit to the Republic of India to participate in the Raisina Dialogue Forum.

According to the information provided to APA by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, within the framework of the visit, Deputy Minister Elnur Mammadov's participation and speech at the Raisina Dialogue Forum, an interview with Gautam Chikermane, the vice president of the think tank "Observer Research Foundation", which is the main organizer of the Forum, as well as the foreign affairs and culture of the Republic of India Minister of State Menakshi Lekhi held bilateral meetings with Sanjay Verma, Secretary for the West of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India (Deputy Minister of External Affairs).

Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue Forum, Deputy Minister Elnur Mammadov was pleased to note that Azerbaijan participated for the first time in this platform, which has been held in New Delhi since 2016, where ways to deal with geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges facing the international community are discussed.

In this regard, it was emphasized that multilateral cooperation is more important than ever in the fight against global challenges during the transformation of the international relations system.

It was brought to attention that Azerbaijan, as a responsible member of the international community, is always committed to the global development agenda and makes consistent contributions to the establishment of international peace and security.

Deputy Minister Elnur Mammadov, who informed the participants of the forum about the new realities and the current situation in the region in the post-conflict period, pointed out that Azerbaijan is carrying out large-scale reconstruction and reconstruction works in the territories freed from occupation.

Despite the obstacles from Armenia, it was emphasized that Azerbaijan is determined to advance the peace agenda.

Within the framework of the visit, Deputy Minister Elnur Mammadov also held bilateral meetings with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Culture of the Republic of India Menakshi Lekhi and Secretary for the West of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of India (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs) Sanjay Verma.

At the meetings, views were exchanged on current issues of the bilateral and multilateral cooperation agenda between Azerbaijan and India, including the regional situation.

The deputy minister informed the other party about the regional situation in the post-conflict period, Azerbaijan's peace and construction efforts.