Foreign relations of Azerbaijan

The tourist flow between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria has significantly increased with the launch of the Baku - Sofia - Baku flight, Nikolay Yankov, Bulgarian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, told Trend.

Bulgaria will continue Azerbaijan's work in the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), Deputy Foreign Minister of Bulgaria Emilia Kraleva said, Trend reports.

She made the remarks at a press conference following the 39th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the BSEC member states in Baku Dec. 14.

A delegation led by Azerbaijani Agriculture Minister Inam Karimov took part at the 5th meeting of the Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria in Sofia.

Addressing the event, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova briefed on the agenda of the meeting.

The Bulgarian-Azerbaijani relations in the energy field are an important basis for the further development of bilateral cooperation, said Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov said in an interview for Focus News Agency.

A delegation led by Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has left for an official visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a message Oct. 30, reports Trend News Agency. 

The delegation includes representatives of the Azerbaijani parliament, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies.

Azerbaijan's defense minister, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria in Azerbaijan Nikolay Yankov, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said in a message July 9.

The Turkish government has slammed the interim report of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the upcoming elections in Turkey.

Armenian security forces killed an Azerbaijani soldier in a cross-border shooting as Armenia has "violated" the ceasefire, Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense said on May 20. 

Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalın on Feb. 25 remembered the victims of the Khojaly Massacre, which took place in 1992 in Azerbaijan’s now-occupied region of Karabakh during the war with Armenia.

Trend's interview with Head of Consular Section of Bulgarian Embassy in Azerbaijan Kiril Apostolov

Question: How do you assess the current level of relations between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria in the sphere of tourism? What is the level of tourist flow from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria and vice versa?