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    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    March 17 2005

    OFFICIALS OF AZERBAIJAN AND CHINA MEET IN AN ENLARGED FORMAT
    [March 17, 2005, 11:49:05]

    After the official welcoming ceremony, an enlarged Azerbaijan-China
    meeting took place.

    Sincerely greeting President Ilham Aliyev, President Hu Jintao
    congratulated, on behalf of the Chinese people and government, the
    Azerbaijani delegation and the people of the country on the occasion
    of upcoming Novruz bayram.

    Addressing President Ilham Aliyev, the Chinese leader said: `Your
    visit to China is very important event in the history of
    Azerbaijan-China relations. Your visit will serve strengthening
    mutual understanding between Azerbaijan and China, and become a
    symbol of all-round development of the bilateral relations.'

    Mr. Hu Jintao noted China was aware of the President Ilham Aliyev's
    purposeful policy towards economic growth in the Azerbaijan,
    improvement of people's social conditions, and expressed satisfaction
    with strengthening of Azerbaijan's leading position in the South
    Caucasus. The Chinese President advised that his country would
    provide 15 million yuans assistance to Azerbaijan.

    President Ilham Aliyev for his part expressed gratitude to his
    counterpart for the invitation to visit China noting `Azerbaijan
    attached a great importance to this visit'. `This visit will bring
    political, economic and cultural relations between our two countries
    up to a new level,' he said. The President expressed confidence that
    Azerbaijan's leadership would continue to encourage Chinese business
    circles in making investments in various sectors of the country's
    economy. He also expressed confidence that the two countries would
    support each other in the framework of international organizations.

    The parties also exchanged views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
    over Nagorno-Karabakh. Mr. Jintao noted China unambiguously support
    territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and touching in this connection
    upon Taiwan issue, said `we stand for peaceful resolution of
    conflicts, on the base of international legal norms, particularly, in
    accordance with the UN Charter. The Chinese leader thanked the
    Azerbaijani leadership for the support as for the Taiwan problem.

    Speaking of Azerbaijan's most painful problem, the conflict with
    Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, President Ilham Aliyev highly
    appreciated China's support of the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan at the international level

    The parties also exchanged view on a number of bilateral and regional
    issues.
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