Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has stated his country stands with Sri Lanka on international issues, after meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris in Colombo on Monday.
After the meeting Mammadyarov stated,
"Azerbaijan stands on the same line on international issues with Sri Lanka".
The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka also reported that Mammadyarov praised and respected Rajapaksa for the government’s actions during the final stages of the armed conflict in 2009, which was described as a “really great achievement”.
Discussions were also held around the possibility of Sri Lanka purchasing crude oil from Azerbaijan, after Iran, from whom Sri Lanka purchases more than 90% of their oil from, faces severe economic sanctions.
See the report from the Daily Mirror here.