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    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    August 9, 2004


    PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC RECEIVES DELEGATION OF US SENATE
    [August 09, 2004, 21:23:11]

    President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the US
    Senate delegation led by Senator Ted Stevens on 9 August.

    Having sincerely greeted the guests, the Head of State noted that the
    rapidly developing relations between Azerbaijan and the United States
    in political, economic, military and other spheres, is based on the
    principles of strategic partnership.

    The President highly appreciated the special part of the US
    Government in realization of the large-scale energy projects in
    Azerbaijan pointing to their not only regional but also global
    importance.

    Touching upon the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, President
    Ilham Aliyev noted that the country is also actively cooperating with
    the United States - one of the OSCE Minsk group co-Chairs - with
    respect to peaceful resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
    over Nagorno-Karabakh.

    The Azerbaijani leader stressed as well the importance of expanding
    the Interparliamentary relations between the two countries from the
    standpoint of providing truthful information about Azerbaijan's
    realities and existing problems, to the American public and those who
    are immediately engaged in US lawmaking and foreign policy in
    particular.

    Recalling with pleasure the meetings at the US Senate during his US
    visits, the President expressed confidence that the Senate
    delegation's present visit to Azerbaijan would not only contribute to
    development of interparliamentary relations but also promote
    strengthening of bilateral cooperation as a whole.

    Thanking the President for the sincere meeting, Senator Ted Stevens
    introduced members of his delegation noting it includes very
    respectable senators.

    Speaking of the bilateral relations, he noted that Azerbaijan's
    active participation in anti-terror coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq
    reaffirms that the country is the US' ally in the international fight
    against terrorism.

    The guest underlined the importance of this visit for having more
    complete idea of Azerbaijan, and advised that the Senate watches
    closely the US Administration's many-sided successful cooperation
    with the country.

    He also expressed satisfaction with active involvement of American
    companies in development hydrocarbon resources in Azerbaijan.

    A number of other issues of mutual interest was discussed during the
    meeting, as well.

    Present at the meeting were Chief of the President's Administration's
    Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov, Ambassador of
    Azerbaijan to the United States and Ambassador of the United States
    to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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