Baku / 29.02.20 / Turan: On Saturday, a meeting was held with the leader of the Republican Alternative Party, Ilgar Mammadov, at the initiative of the head of the political relations department of the administration of President, Adalat Veliyev. Mammadov wrote about this on his Facebook page.
“We mutually noted the importance of political dialogue and cooperation between the government and the opposition. It was more likely a fact-finding meeting, and we simply touched on some promising topics.
We hope that from now on regular contacts and cooperation will find a worthy place in political competition,” Mammadov wrote. According to him, the meeting was held in the conference hall of the Respublika guest house.
Recall that on the eve Veliyev met with the head of the People’s Party Panah Huseyn. -06D-
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