The first round of Foreign Office Consultations ( FOC) between Bangladesh and Azerbaijan was held on 14 June 2024 at Baku, Azerbaijan. Foreign Secretary Ambassador Masud Bin Momen and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elnur Mammadov led their respective sides at the FOC. All aspects of bilateral cooperation between the two countries including cooperations in trade, investments, educational, cultural and ICT sector were discussed during the meeting. Both sides stressed on the importance of exchanging high level visits and agreed to expedite works on the pending bilateral instruments.
Foreign Secretary requested Azerbaijan to import good quality affordable RMG and pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh. He also urged Azerbaijan to import manpower from Bangladesh. During the FOC Bangladesh side proposed that Azerbaijan can be a good source of natural gas import for Bangladesh and also proposed to sign an MOU in this regard to which Azerbaijan side responded pisitively.
Both sides also exchanged their views on different regional and global issues including the Russia-Ukraine war, Rohingya crisis and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh region.