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  • BAKU: Jones: "Relations b/w Armitage & Aliyev good ground for talks"

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    March 25 2004

    ELIZABETH JONES: `RELATIONS BETWEEN RICHRAD ARMITAGE AND ILHAM ALIYEV
    SET GOOD GROUND FOR TALKS'
    [March 25, 2004, 17:12:02]

    At the briefing for the media representatives, Ms. Elizabeth Jones,
    Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia has disclosed the
    details of Richard Armitage's visit to Ukraine, Armenia ands
    Azerbaijan on 24 March, AzerTAj correspondent reported from
    Washington. She said: `Mr. Armitage has been for a long time
    preparing for this visit. The goal of the visit is to largely focus
    bilateral relations and discus of ways of developing them with the
    high officials of each of the three countries'.


    Touching upon the Baku meetings, Elizabeth Jones, in particular,
    stated that the visit's program includes issues of cooperation in the
    anti-terror combat, issues of policy, economic reforms, energy,
    situation in the region and others.

    Ms. Jones drew attention to the fact that after Ilham Aliyev was
    elected President, it is the first meeting of the US officials in
    such high level to Azerbaijan. From this standpoint, the priorities
    of the head of Azerbaijan state and his government are of interest of
    the official Washington. The relations between Richrad Armitage and
    Ilham Aliyev set good ground for talks. Mr. Armitage is also expected
    to meet leaders of the opposition and NGO structures.

    Ms. Elizabeth Jones said that the ways of settlement of the Nagorny
    Karabakh conflict would be at the focus both in Azerbaijan and
    Armenia. `We, being familiarized with the opinion in the region,
    wanted to ascertain how should the international community support
    the activity of the Minsk Group'.
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