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    AZERBAIJAN'S FM MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF U.S. MEDIA

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    Azerbaijan
    June 2 2011

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with representatives
    of leading U.S. information agencies, including Thompson Reuters, CNN,
    Associated Press, Inner City Press and Summit Energy in the framework
    of a business visit to the United States, the ministry reported.

    During the meeting, Mammadyarov spoke about Azerbaijan's main foreign
    policy priorities. Regarding the issue of the region's economic
    policy, he informed journalists that Azerbaijan is the leading state
    in the region, spoke about Azerbaijan's success in the energy sector,
    its participation in regional projects and Azerbaijan's role as the
    author of many international projects.

    Mammadyarov spoke in detail about the negotiation process to settle
    the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He stressed that
    Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
    resolutions adopted in 1993 on the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh
    and the surrounding regions.

    Regarding U.S.-Azerbaijani bilateral relations, Mammadyarov discussed
    the successful cooperation between the two countries in many areas.

    He informed journalists that Azerbaijan nominated its candidacy
    to the elections on non-permanent members of UN Security Council
    for 2012-2013, which is scheduled for October, noting the tangible
    benefits in this regard.

    Mamedyarov also answered numerous questions posed by American
    journalists.




    From: A. Papazian
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