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Azerbaijani envoy addresses AIPAC Policy Conference
Mon 04 March 2013 07:07 GMT | 7:07 Local Time
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Azerbaijani Ambassador to the US Elin Suleymanov has addressed a wide
audience at the Annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Other participants of discussions on "Relations with Israel with South
Caucasus states" held as part of the conference were Svante Cornell, the
director of Silk Road Studies Program under the Central Asian-Caucasus
Institute of the John Hopkins University, and Brenda Shaffer, the chief
lecturer of the University of Haifa, the Azerbaijani Embassy in the US told
Gun.Az .
First informing about the Azerbaijani-US relations, the diplomat noted that
the two countries closely cooperate in energy sector and combating
terrorism.
Speaking about the history of the Azerbaijani-Israeli relations, Suleymanov
noted the role of the relationship between the Azerbaijani people and
Jewish community living in Azerbaijan.
Having said that the Jews throughout history liven among Muslims in
Azerbaijan peacefully and without discrimination, the ambassador stressed
that the Jews fought shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijanis during the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Noting that Azerbaijan currently meets 40% of Israel's demands on energy
resources, the ambassador underscored the importance of high-level official
visits in terms of further deepening the existing relations.
http://www.news.az/articles/politics/77427
News.Az
Mon 04 March 2013 07:07 GMT | 7:07 Local Time
Text size: [image: bigger] [image: smaller]
[image: 113388]
Azerbaijani Ambassador to the US Elin Suleymanov has addressed a wide
audience at the Annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Other participants of discussions on "Relations with Israel with South
Caucasus states" held as part of the conference were Svante Cornell, the
director of Silk Road Studies Program under the Central Asian-Caucasus
Institute of the John Hopkins University, and Brenda Shaffer, the chief
lecturer of the University of Haifa, the Azerbaijani Embassy in the US told
Gun.Az .
First informing about the Azerbaijani-US relations, the diplomat noted that
the two countries closely cooperate in energy sector and combating
terrorism.
Speaking about the history of the Azerbaijani-Israeli relations, Suleymanov
noted the role of the relationship between the Azerbaijani people and
Jewish community living in Azerbaijan.
Having said that the Jews throughout history liven among Muslims in
Azerbaijan peacefully and without discrimination, the ambassador stressed
that the Jews fought shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijanis during the
Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Noting that Azerbaijan currently meets 40% of Israel's demands on energy
resources, the ambassador underscored the importance of high-level official
visits in terms of further deepening the existing relations.
http://www.news.az/articles/politics/77427
News.Az