The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has been given an official welcome on 12 November in Minsk, at the Presidential palace, the AzerTaj state news agency reported. The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has suggested to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev that the two countries should aim for joint projects of a larger scale. The Belarusian head of state made the relevant statement during a broader participation meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart on 12 November, BelTA has learned. So far in the present complicated conditions of the global financial and economic crisis, the strategic goal is reaching larger scale joint projects both in Azerbaijan and Belarus, making non-conventional decisions sometimes. The foundation for it has been laid down already, said Lukashenko.