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    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    June 22 2004

    SPEECH BY ILHAM ALIYEV, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
    [June 22, 2004, 18:14:47]

    Esteemed Mr. President,

    Dear guests,

    Ladies and Gentlemen,

    I do extend my cordial greeting to you once again and wish you
    welcomed here.

    Today, a new page is being opened in the relations between the
    Republic of Azerbaijan and the Hellenic Republic. Useful political
    dialogue is being held. Relations are developing fast. We want these
    relations would cover all areas.

    Dear Mr. President, I highly appreciate your official visit to
    Azerbaijan and I am confident that this visit will pave ground for a
    new level of relationship between our countries. It goes without
    saying that the conducted discussions and meetings will define new
    areas for mutual activities and contribute to the further expansion
    of the relation in future.

    Expansion and the development of relations between our countries in
    political, economic, humanitarian, cultural and tourism fields are of
    paramount importance. I wish to express my hope that the ties to be
    established between Greek businessmen and Azerbaijani entrepreneurs
    during the Greek-Azerbaijani business Forum will give an impetus to
    our cooperation. Relationship will strengthen after your visit.

    Today, Azerbaijani State continues the foreign and home policy
    founded by the national leader Heydar Aliyev. From this points of
    view the integration of Azerbaijan into the Europe and Euro-Atlantic
    structures, to the international organizations has an important
    place.

    Thanks to the wise policy of Heydar Aliyev, today Azerbaijan takes
    its well-deserved place in the world. Our country is the member of
    Council of Europe and successfully cooperates with the NATO in the
    framework of "Partnership for Peace" program and with the European
    and Euro-Atlantic structures. Azerbaijan has been included into the
    EU " Wider Europe and neighbors" policy.

    Today, the biggest energy projects of the world are being implemented
    in Azerbaijan. The transportation of the energy resources from the
    Caspian basin to the West, implementation of TRACECA Program, the
    restoration of the Great Silk Road, the projects like the
    Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline
    are wonderful examples to this. After the implementation of these
    projects a new stage of integration into Europe and the development
    in Azerbaijan, as well as the countries of the region will start. The
    operation of Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline will significantly
    expand Azerbaijan-Greek relations. This pipeline will not only make
    our countries to prosper, but it will also have a positive impact on
    their relationship.

    Azerbaijan is closely co-operating with all the countries of the
    region. Only Armenia has isolated itself from such co-operation. As a
    result of military aggression of this country, 20% of our lands has
    been occupied, more than 1 million refugees and internally displaced
    people were ousted from their native places. Four UN Security Council
    Resolutions and OSCE decisions regarding the conflict remain
    unfulfilled. The Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict must
    be solved soon based upon the international law norms and the
    territorial integrity of Azerbaijan must be restored.

    It is with pleasure I wish to note that the Olympic games in the
    current year will be held in its historic Motherland-Greece.
    Azerbaijani sportsmen, as well as people form cultural and artistic
    communities are having special preparation for this noble event.

    Esteemed Mr. President, once again I want to express that I do attach
    a high importance to your official visit to the Republic of
    Azerbaijani and wish you good health and permanent development and
    prosperity to your country. I raise my glass, Mr. President to You,
    to the development of sincere friendship and mutually beneficial
    relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Hellenic
    Republic.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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