OREANDA-NEWS. July 04, 2011. Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received Saudi Arabia Diplomatic Academy’s head Abdulkerim al Dahayeli.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan reports that at the meeting the sides stressed availability of close links between the diplomatic academies of Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia and plans of joint cooperation in several areas.

Mammadyarov noted the importance of developing collaboration in the field of education particularly in the area of training of professional diplomats.

Then the parties discussed the processes occurring in the Middle East and the issues causing interest of both sides.