President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Vice-Chancellor of the Republic of Austria Heinz-Christian Strache. The head of state hailed a good level of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Austria. He recalled the former Austrian President Heinz Fischer’s visit to Azerbaijan as well as his official trip to Austria. Saying Azerbaijan and Austria enjoy very good economic cooperation, President Ilham Aliyev pointed out numerous Austrian companies’ long-term successful operation in Azerbaijan. Expressing his confidence that Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache’s visit to Azerbaijan with a large delegation will be a good opportunity to familiarize themselves with the country, the head of state said the talks on cooperation in sports, tourism and other fields will contribute to the development of bilateral relations between the two countries.