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  • BAKU: Canada attaches importance to links with Azerbaijan

    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
    March 16 2004

    CANADA ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT OF LINKS WITH AZERBAIJAN
    [March 16, 2004, 15:39:34]

    Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Vilayat Guliyev has met
    with Director General of Canadian Foreign Ministry's Bureau on
    Southeastern Europe David Preston, Foreign Ministry's press -service
    reported.

    During the meeting, Minister Vilayat Guliyev noted that the visit
    would be very useful for strengthening friendly relations and
    business contacts between Azerbaijan and Canada, and expressed deep
    confidence of its positive impact on the perspectives of cooperation
    between the two countries. He said he was a supporter of expanding
    Canada-Azerbaijan relations in all spheres, and continuation of the
    countries' cooperation in the international organizations.

    According Mr. David Preston said the goal of the visit was to
    exchange views concerning expansion of the relations between
    Azerbaijan and Canada in various spheres, and stressed his country
    attached importance to the development of mutually beneficial links
    and closer cooperation in the frameworks of the international
    organizations.

    Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev told the guest in detail of the work
    carried out for settlement of Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict, hard living conditions of over 1 million of refugees, and
    mentioned the importance to intensify efforts by international
    community for urgent resolution of the problem on the base of
    international law.

    Speaking of the processes taking place in Azerbaijan, the Minister
    pointed out that despite existing difficulties, the country had
    gained progress in the sphere of building civilized and democratic
    society. Touching upon the successful construction of the
    Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, he noted that Azerbaijan is a
    regional leader in the sphere of economic development.

    As of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Mr.
    Preston expressed hope that the problem would be peacefully settled
    soon due to joint efforts of the international community.

    The parties have also discussed a number of other issues of mutual
    interest.
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