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  • BAKU: Azeri, US presidents to discuss coop in security, energy

    Trend Info, Azerbaijan
    April 28 2006

    Azeri, US presidents to discuss co-op in security, energy sectors

    Source: Trend
    Author: Z.Ibrahimli

    28.04.2006

    The cooperation in the security, energy, consolidation of bilateral
    relationships, as well as situation around Iran will be in focus of
    discussion in a meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
    and US President George W.Bush in the White House on 28 April, Trend
    reports. The bilateral meeting on the top crowns the Azerbaijani
    President's three-day official visit to Washington as the head of
    state.

    On the eve of the Azerbaijani-US Summit the White House stated
    Washington is considering Baku as its `key ally' in strategically
    important region of the world and `valuable partner', rendering
    important assistance to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo". There were
    placed peacekeeping contingent of Azerbaijan.

    According to the US Administration, during the forthcoming talks with
    Aliyev Bush plans to touch upon the issues like "promotion of
    democracy and cooperation in the Caucasus, diversification in the
    energy sector, as well as general decisiveness [of both countries] to
    work jointly in the name of freedom and security.

    Addressing to the Council of International Relationships, the
    Azerbaijani leader said that he does not regard the issue of Iran as
    central one in the meetings in Washington. Aliyev underlined that
    Azerbaijan was not going to participate in any armed operations
    against Iran, if it transits from suppositions to reality.

    Obviously, Aliyev and Bush will pay especial attention to a problem
    of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani Foreign
    Minister Elmar Mammadyarov announced that Baku was not waiting new
    proposals from Washington on the resolution of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, ITAR-TASS announces.
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