Azeri, Chinese leaders sign five cooperation accords, expected to sign more
MPA news agency
17 Mar 05
Baku, 17 March: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao today, MPA reports. The sides discussed ways of
developing relations between Azerbaijan and the People's Republic of
China.
The communique signed by the presidents of the two countries reflects
issues related to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and Beijing's
support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway system.
During the Azerbaijani president's visit to China, five documents were
signed on cooperation in the area of youth policy, television
broadcasting, communications and information technologies,
collaboration between the two countries' Olympic committees and
justice ministries.
Today, the sides are expected to sign an agreement on extradition, a
memorandum on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's technical assistance to
the Azerbaijani ministry, an agreement on trade and economic
cooperation (which envisages assistance to the tune of 1.8m dollars),
a document on economic and technical cooperation, agreements on
avoiding double taxation, cooperation in the area of customs, and
contacts in the area of culture and arts in 2005-2009.
MPA news agency
17 Mar 05
Baku, 17 March: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met his Chinese
counterpart Hu Jintao today, MPA reports. The sides discussed ways of
developing relations between Azerbaijan and the People's Republic of
China.
The communique signed by the presidents of the two countries reflects
issues related to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and Beijing's
support for the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway system.
During the Azerbaijani president's visit to China, five documents were
signed on cooperation in the area of youth policy, television
broadcasting, communications and information technologies,
collaboration between the two countries' Olympic committees and
justice ministries.
Today, the sides are expected to sign an agreement on extradition, a
memorandum on the Chinese Foreign Ministry's technical assistance to
the Azerbaijani ministry, an agreement on trade and economic
cooperation (which envisages assistance to the tune of 1.8m dollars),
a document on economic and technical cooperation, agreements on
avoiding double taxation, cooperation in the area of customs, and
contacts in the area of culture and arts in 2005-2009.