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  • BAKU: Meeting of FMs of Azerbaijan & Russia

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Feb 2 2005


    MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA
    [February 02, 2005, 17:44:35]

    On February 2, Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
    Republic of Azerbaijan, met with his Russian counterpart Sergey
    Lavrov, who paid an official visit to Azerbaijan.

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, welcoming his Russian colleague,
    emphasized the relations of friendship and cooperation between the
    two nations. He also stressed close and cordial personal relations
    between the two heads of state.

    Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed with this statement and expressed his
    hope that the ties between Russia and Azerbaijan will continue to
    develop comprehensively.

    The two sides exchanged views on certain aspects of bilateral
    relations, such as further increasing trade volume, intensifying
    partnerships between regions of the two countries, developing
    cultural cooperation, etc. In this regard, the Ministers broadly
    discussed plan of actions for the upcoming `Year of Azerbaijan in
    Russia', as well as the perspective for 2006 to be the `Year of
    Russia in Azerbaijan'.

    Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about
    various aspects of cooperation on the Caspian matters, where both
    sides re-affirmed their commitment to resolving remaining issues
    among the five littoral states in the spirit of constructive
    cooperation based on the principle of medium line.

    Other issues of mutual interest discussed by the sides included
    reform on the UN, future perspectives of OSCE and CIS activity.

    Special attention was paid to the ways of settlement of the
    Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, especially to the
    activity of the OSCE Minsk Group, of which Russia is a co-chair.

    After the meeting, Elmar Mammadyarov and Sergey Lavrov briefed for
    media representatives and answered their questions.
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