Ilham Aliyev meets Zelensky, Sandu and Radev at the European Political Community summit in Dublin

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took part in the 9th European Political Community summit in Dublin on 12 November. After the opening plenary he spoke at a roundtable titled “Building a Competitive Europe: Innovation, Connectivity and Affordable Energy”.

On the sidelines Aliyev met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who congratulated Azerbaijan on Victory Day and Constitution Day and recalled the outcome of his own visit. The two sides discussed wider economic and trade links, cooperation between private companies and reciprocal delegation visits. Zelensky thanked Azerbaijan for humanitarian aid, electrical equipment in particular, and said Ukraine is following the reconstruction work in Garabagh and East Zangezur.

Energy was the main subject with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who thanked Azerbaijan for helping strengthen Moldova's energy security; agriculture and trade were also on the agenda. With Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev, Aliyev discussed energy cooperation and a planned electricity corridor between the two countries.

According to the presidential website, a meeting between Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also got under way in the evening. No official account of its content had been published at the time of writing.