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    FIRST LADY OF AZERBAIJAN VISITING THE USA

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Dec 6 2006

    Azerbaijan's first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev
    Foundation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, head of the Azerbaijan-USA
    inter-parliamentary working group, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva, is continuing
    her visit to the United States of America.

    She already met with co-chairs of the working group for Azerbaijan at
    the U.S. Congress, Democrat Solomon Ortiz, Republican Bill Shuster,
    Ed Whitfield and Virginia Foxx to discuss a range of topics including
    settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
    and issue of repeal of the Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.

    During the meeting, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva said the relations between
    Azerbaijan and the United States are rapidly developing.

    Both Azerbaijan's first lady and American politicians stressed the
    importance of boosting the bilateral inter-parliamentary cooperation.

    Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva also met with Robert Wexler, who will soon begin
    his tenure as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging
    Threats of the Committee on International Relations at the US Congress.

    The first lady stressed the importance of the USA-supported projects
    being implemented in the region, saying the United States has been
    supporting Azerbaijan since it regained its independence.

    Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva invited Mr. Wexler to visit her country.

    Congressman Robert Wexler stressed the importance his country attaches
    to relations with Azerbaijan.

    He said he believes the newly-elected U.S. Congress will pay more
    attention to the South Caucasus region, in particular to Azerbaijan.

    The President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation also met with General
    Brent Scowcroft, the President of the George Bush Presidential
    Library Foundation, to discuss prospects of cooperation between the
    two Foundations.

    The first lady informed Brent Scowcroft about the education, cultural
    and health projects implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

    The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador also had a number of meetings with
    representatives of American universities and research centers as
    well as visited the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Textile Museum
    in Washington, and Azerbaijan Trade and Cultural Center of the
    US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce.
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