President Tadic met this morning with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the presidential palace in Baku.The Serbian delegation also includes ministers Ivica Dacic, Mladjan Dinkic and Vuk Jeremic.

A plenary meeting of the two delegations and a press conference by Tadic and Aliyev are scheduled to be held after the meeting of the two presidents.

The Serbian delegation had earlier laid a wreath at the tomb of the founder of the state of Azerbaijan, Gaidar Aliyev, in the Alley of Martyrs, where all those who gave their lives for freedom and independence of Azerbaijan are buried.

President Tadic and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed in Baku a joint declaration on the
development of bilateral relations, and ministers of the two countries signed several bilateral agreements which give room for enhancement of cooperation in all fields.

Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic and Azerbaijan Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev signed the Agreement on cooperation in trade and economic sphere, and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic and his counterpart Ramil Usubov signed the Agreement on cooperation in the fight against crime.

The officials also signed a protocol on cooperation between the two foreign ministries and diplomatic academies, as well as the Convention on elimination of double taxation between the governments of Azerbaijan and Serbia in relation to incomes and possessions.

In addition to these two documents, Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic signed the Agreement on abolishment of visa for persons who have diplomatic and official passports.

At the same time, a Group of Friendship with Serbia was set up in the parliament of Azerbaijan. Belgrade and Baku have both assessed that Tadic's visit to Azerbaijan is an opportunity to establish talks concerning the improvement of economic ties between the two countries.

Azerbaijan takes the 55th place on the list of Serbia's 160 export countries, and is ranked as 97th on the list of 199 import countries.

Serbian export to this country has marked a constant increase since mid-90's, while the trade in 2009 totaled RSD 5.15 mil. Tadic will meet with Prime Minister Arthur Rasi Zadeh and Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov.