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  • BAKU: FM expresses satisfaction with Moscow talks

    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    Aug 19 2004

    FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SATISFACTION WITH MOSCOW TALKS
    [August 19, 2004, 19:51:04]

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov staying
    in the Russian capital on an official visit, commented the results of
    the talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, AzerTAj
    Moscow-based correspondent reports.

    The relations with Russian Federation, according to him, are one of
    the priority directions of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, and can be
    marked at the moment as a strategic partnership of the two
    independent states.

    The Minister noted the talks were focused on the set of political and
    economic issues including fight against terror, narcotics traffic and
    illegal migration, as well as a number of international problems.

    The parties also dwelled on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijan's stance on the conflict
    was accepted to a large extent by the Russian side, Minister
    Mammadyarov stated. He stressed that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
    should be solved on the principles of the international law including
    that of territorial integrity of states. Minister Lavrov's `Russia
    stands for urgent resolution of the conflict' shows that the position
    of Azerbaijan demanding withdrawal of the Armenian forces from the
    occupied territories and return of refugees to their native lands
    becomes more and more acceptable for Russia.

    Touching on the economic issues, the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister
    advised as well that very interesting debates had been held over
    several economic issues. In context of the instructions of both
    Presidents and the documents signed between the two countries, the
    Ministers supported increase in commodity turnover, development of
    trade and economic links, and `North-South` transport corridor

    On the same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar
    Mamadyarov met with the Russian State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov to
    discuss prospects of the Azerbaijan-Russia relationship development
    and the two countries interparliamentary links.

    He also gave a talk on the `Exo Moskvy' radio and answered a number
    of questions concerning prospect of the Russia-Azerbaijan
    cooperation.
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