What interests does the PRC have with Azerbaijan?
China’s first priority is to develop good relations with all countries. Ever since the collapse of the USSR, China has considered all former Soviet Republics as good neighbors. China immediately acknowledged the independence of all the republics of the former Soviet Union and established diplomatic relations with them. What path has brought you to Azerbaijan as the Chinese Ambassador? My diplomatic career is closely related to the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. I was appointed to the Foreign Ministry at the end of 1950s. I have personally been involved in all negotiations between China and the former Soviet Union from 1964-1988. I worked in the Chinese Embassy in Moscow for four years and then another three years in Chinese embassy in Bulgaria. After the collapse of the USSR, I became Chargé d’Affaires of China in Azerbaijan. Since then I have been appointed to Azerbaijan as Ambassador. More than a thousand years ago, Azerbaijani territory was part of the famous “silk rou
