JNN 26 Nov 2010 Baku :The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Teze-Pir Mosque during his official visit to Baku.

During the visit, he met with the head of the Muslims of Azerbaijan and the Caucuses, Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pasha-zade, who highly appreciated the state of relations between Azerbaijan and Iran and recalled the long-term historic relations of religious figures with Iran Muslim leaders in the time of the Soviet Union.

Pasha-zade expressed his gratitude to Iran for supporting Azerbaijan’s position with the international institutions.

The President spoke at a meeting of Muslim scientists and officials of Iran and Azerbaijan and addressed the students of Baku Islamic University.

President Ahmadinejad also visited the mosque library to see ancient religious manuscripts and conducted the common prayer together with other believers.