Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili in Baku Tuesday. (Photo published on the PM's Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili Tuesday met the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, during an official visit to Baku.

The two held a closed meeting which took place at Aliyev’s Zagulba palace.

Also present were Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze, Energy Minister Kahki Kaladze and State Minister for Diaspora Issues Kote Surguladze.

Among the topics were deepening bilateral relations and perspectives of future cooperation, as well as the export of energy resources.

After the meeting, Alyev showed the Georgian PM around his palace.


Ivanishvili will also meet with his Azerbaijani colleague, and round off his trip by answering questions from the media.

The Georgian delegation will return on Thursday.