Minister Angelkova met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan

The Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova held a working meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Chief Negotiator with the EU  Mr. Mahmud Guliev. Present at the meeting was the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Bulgaria H. E. PhD Nargiz Gurbanova.

Among the issues discussed were the measures for enhancing the bilateral tourist flow and options for facilitating the visa regime. It became clear that the two countries will work for development of a programme for using the opportunities of Bulgarian spa and balneological products by citizens of Azerbaijan.

Minister Angelkova informed Mahmud Guliev that during the 105^th session of WTO in Madrid she had had talks with her counterpart Abulfaz Garaev, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, and invited him to visit Bulgaria.

Deputy Minister Guliev pointed out the fact that this year Bulgaria and Azerbaijan celebrated the 25^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Opportunities for holding joint events on this occasion are to be discussed.