Azerbaijan and Romania discussed strategic partnership - PHOTO

Azerbaijan and Romania discussed strategic partnership.

As 1news.az reports, this was written on the social network X by assistant to the president of Azerbaijan — head of the department for foreign policy issues of the presidential administration Hikmet Hajiyev.

He reported on a productive meeting with his Romanian counterpart Marius Lazurca:

"Reaffirming the strategic partnership and traditional friendship between Azerbaijan and Romania, we discussed the opportunities for further deepening our bilateral ties. As an EU member state geographically closest to the South Caucasus, Romania occupies an important place in our interaction. We exchanged views on the prospects for advancing cooperation in the political, economic, energy, defense, cultural, humanitarian, and other spheres. We agreed to continue our active dialogue in the sphere of politics and security."

I had a productive meeting with my Romanian counterpart, Marius Lazurca, @MariusLazurca who is visiting Azerbaijan. Reaffirming the strategic partnership and traditional friendship between Azerbaijan and Romania, we discussed the broad opportunities for further deepening our… pic.twitter.com/SFzRTXBuvj — Hikmet Hajiyev (@HikmetHajiyev) June 18, 2026