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  • BAKU: Azerbaijan parliament keen on dev. of relations b/w Az. & Ukr.

    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    July 27 2004

    AZERBAIJAN PARLIAMENT KEEN IN DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN
    OMBUDSMEN OF AZERBAIJAN AND UKRAINE
    [July 27, 2004, 22:01:19]

    Chairman of Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic Murtuz Alaskarov
    on 27 July at the Heydar Aliyev Hall met the delegation led by the
    human rights commissioner of the Ukraine Supreme Rada (Ombudsman)
    Nina Karpachova.

    Greeting the guests, Speaker Murtuz Alaskarov said that today the two
    countries have close friendly links, AzerTAj correspondent reported.
    The relations between the countries have reached strategic
    partnership level thanks to the expedient policy pursued by the heads
    of the countries. Many documents have been signed during the
    reciprocal visits of heads of state and government, and now there is
    a good environment for cooperation between the Ombudsman institutions
    of the countries, the Speaker said. The commissioner on human rights
    has done a lot in development of protection of the human rights and
    democracy in the country and achieved certain accomplishments in
    international cooperation.

    Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic adheres development of
    ombudsman ties between Azerbaijan and Ukraine and stands ready to
    render any assistance in this field, Mr. Alaskarov said.

    Then, Speaker of Azerbaijan Parliament highlighted the guest on
    inter-parliamentary links, heavy sequences of the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
    Nagorny Karabakh conflict, ousting of thousand sof people form their
    homelands, the UN resolutions on settlement of the problem, on the
    useless activity of the OSCE Minsk Group and Azerbaijan's flair
    position.

    Speaker of Parliament expressed hope that this visit would promote
    development of Ombudsman relations in the field of protection of
    human rights and freedoms between the two countries.

    Human rights commissioner of Ukraine's Supreme Rada Nina Karpachova
    thanked Mr. Alaskarov for warm reception and conveyed greetings of
    the Chairman of Parliament of her country. The agreement on strategic
    partnership let to expand links between the Ombudsman institutions of
    the countries, she said. `We must take the maximum opportunity for
    expansion our relations'.

    Today, some five hundred thousands Azerbaijanis live in Ukraine and
    their rights are protected. After singing of agreement on cooperation
    between the human rights commissioners of two countries, these rights
    will be ensured more reliably, Nina Karpachova underlined.

    As for the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict, Ukraine
    adheres settlement of this conflict by peace way and in the frame of
    international laws, she stressed. `The Ukraine's Ombudsman will make
    every effort to bring the item to the notice of world community'.

    The parties had comprehensive exchange of views on a number of other
    issues of mutual interest.
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