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  • BAKU: Finnish President Visits Milli Majlis

    FINNISH PRESIDENT VISITS MILLI MAJLIS

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Sept 29 2005

    President of Finland Mrs. Tarja Halonen has visited today the Milli
    Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, where she met with Speaker of the
    Milli Majlis Murtuz Alasgarov.

    The speaker informed the distinguished guest on the activities of
    the Azerbaijan-Finland interparliamentary friendship group noting
    the two countries relations were based on the traditions of fruitful
    cooperation within international organizations including the Council
    of Europe and OSCE. Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
    over Nagorno-Karabakh he expressed hope it would be solved on the
    basis of the international law, and that the visit to Azerbaijan
    by the Finnish president would enhance cooperation between the two
    countries in political, economic and cultural fields.

    President Halonen responded she stood for solution to the conflict
    through negotiations in the framework of the Minsk process adding
    assuming EU presidency next year Finland would support Azerbaijan's
    integration into Europe. She expressed hope for democratic
    parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan noting if invited Finland too
    could sent its observation mission to Azerbaijan.
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