Ukraine opens first honorary consulate in Azerbaijan

On October 27, a solemn ceremony on the occasion of the appointment of the Honorary Consul of Ukraine was held in the city of Shemakhi at the premises of the Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.

“During the ceremony, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Azerbaijan Vladyslav Kanevsky handed over a consular patent to the newly appointed Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the city of Shemakhi Mehrali Gasimov and presented a service certificate. The parties signed an Agreement on the functions and duties of the honorary consul of Ukraine in the city of Shemakhi,” the message says.

Mehrali Gasimov is a graduate of the Kyiv Institute of International Relations. He has held various positions in international companies SAP and DeGolyer & MacNaughton Corporation, a private entrepreneur.

“The opening of the first Honorary Consulate of Ukraine in Azerbaijan is evidence of the high dynamics of cooperation between the two countries and creates favorable conditions for further expansion of trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian and regional ties between our states,” the ministry said.

The consular district of the honorary consul of Ukraine in the city of Shemakhi covers the Aghd, Akhsu, Gobustan, Gyochay, Ismayilli and Shemakha regions of the AR.