In Dublin, Ilham Aliyev meets the UK Prime Minister and the two sides exchange a strategic partnership declaration

On 12 November, on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin, President Ilham Aliyev met UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The two sides exchanged the Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership between Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom.

They said the declaration would lift bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level, while noting that ties already have a strategic character. Aliyev pointed to more than 30 years of successful energy cooperation and said the United Kingdom is the largest European investor in Azerbaijan.

The talks covered renewable energy, high technology and artificial intelligence, and the sides noted the importance of recent high-level visits from Britain to Azerbaijan. The leaders also exchanged views on issues on the international agenda.

Aliyev's working visit to Ireland ended on 13 November.