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  • BAKU: Ilham Aliyev Receives OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel

    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan

    April 3, 2005

    PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES OSCE CHAIRMAN-IN-OFFICE DIMITRIJ RUPEL AND
    ACCOMPANYING DELEGATION

    [April 02, 2005, 19:57:57]

    President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev met in private with OSCE
    Chairman-In-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Dimitrij Rupel
    on April 2. Later, the Head of State received the accompanying delegation.

    The President noted that Azerbaijan is successfully implementing reforms in
    political, economic and other spheres, and taking active part in the global
    projects being realized in the region. He pointed out that very good
    opportunities had been created for the members of the delegation to
    familiarize closer with the processes taking place in Azerbaijan.

    Dwelling on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the
    Azerbaijani leader stressed the problem was the greatest obstacle to
    development, stability and security in the region. He repeated that the
    Azerbaijan's stance on this conflict was based only on such principles of
    the international law as those of territorial integrity and inviolability of
    borders. In this connection, President Ilham Aliyev mentioned the obvious
    intensification of the related activities of the OSCE Minsk. He expressed
    hope this visit would help the delegation to get more detailed picture of
    the situation in the region.

    OSCE Chairman-In-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Dimitrij
    Rupel for his part expressed satisfaction with the exchange of views he had
    had with President Ilham Aliyev.

    He appreciated the prospects of the OSCE-supported work done in Azerbaijan,
    and welcomed the President Ilham Aliyev's recent decree on pardoning 114
    prisoners.

    The guest also expressed deep satisfaction with the Azerbaijani leader's
    views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, processes of
    democratization taking place in the country including elections, regional
    development etc. he had expressed during their conversation.

    A number of other issues of mutual interests were touched on during the
    meeting.
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