Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku, where the two leaders agreed to deepen cooperation in trade, energy, connectivity, and defence, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir also attended the meeting, held at the Presidential Palace of Azerbaijan. Sharif thanked Aliyev for inviting him to attend Azerbaijan’s Victory Day celebrations and congratulated the Azerbaijani government and people on the anniversary, marking their 2020 Karabakh war victory.
