Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain to visit Azerbaijan for talks on bilateral ties and economic cooperation. The President will lead a delegation of businessmen from Pakistan’s textile, energy, pharmaceutical, sports, infrastructure, construction material, surgical instruments, food products and leather goods.

He will be in Azerbaijan from March 11-14 and will be meeting Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev.

Four agreements will be signed and a Trade and Investment Seminar will be held during the visit.

The two presidents will hold tete-a-tete that would be followed by delegation-level talks, the Foreign Ministry said.

The meeting will focus on bilateral relations and exchange views on regional and international issues of mutual concern, a statement said.

President Hussain will also confer Pakistan's highest civil award of "Hilal-e-Pakistan" upon the First Lady of Azerbaijan, Madam Mehriban Aliyeva, in recognition of her services to the people of Pakistan and humanitarian work by her "Hyder Aliyev Foundation" in Pakistan over the past decade.

President Mamnoon Hussain visit will provide an opportunity to further strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.