Pakistan, Aug. 11 -- President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev telephoned Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif this evening and expressed deep appreciation for Pakistan's longstanding and consistent support to Azerbaijan on the Karabakh issue.

The Prime Minister conveyed warm felicitations to President Aliyev and the people of Azerbaijan on their country's historic Peace Agreement with Armenia reached in Washington DC.

He lauded the visionary role of President Ilham Aliyev in bringing the three decades-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia to a peaceful and mutually beneficial end that will usher in a new era of prosperity for the region.

The Prime Minister said it has always been a matter of duty for the people of Pakistan to exten...