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  • BAKU: Aliyev receives director of center for high defense of Italy

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Dec 3 2004

    PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR
    HIGH DEFENSE STUDIES (CASD) PIETRO ERCOLE AGO
    [December 03, 2004, 21:39:57]

    President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev has received at the
    Presidential Palace the director of the Center for High Defense
    Studies (CASD) of the Republic of Italy, ambassador Pietro Ercole
    Ago, December 3.

    Warmly having welcomed the visitor, the Head of State has noted that
    is pleased to see again him in Azerbaijan.

    Having expressed to President Ilham Aliyev deep gratitude for warm
    reception, the visitor has noted that the purpose of his visit
    consists in carrying out in the country of seminars, and various
    discussions connected to local conflicts. Mr. Pietro Ercole Ago has
    emphasized that as the head of Ago Group of Committee of Ministers of
    the Council of Europe directly watches process of the negotiations
    carried out in the field of settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
    Nagorny Karabakh conflict, and wishes quick peace settlement of the
    said problem.

    Then, informing the President of Azerbaijan about activity of
    structure supervised by him, he informed that the Center being a
    higher educational institution of the Armed Forces of Italy is
    engaged in preparation of the local personnel in the field of policy
    in military sphere. The Center carries out worldwide together with
    the international organizations of conference, seminars, on these
    actions are discussed ways of settlement of local conflicts. In this
    context, the major task, Mr. Ago said, is settlement of one of the
    heaviest for Southern Caucasus problems - the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
    Nagorny Karabakh conflict. Mr. Ago has noted that the Center
    supervised by him aims at studying the questions connected to the
    settlement of the mentioned conflict, and wishes to promote process
    of settlement.

    The Head of Azerbaijan State has regarded carrying out of any
    discussions, seminars directed on the resolution to conflicts, as a
    positive fact. President Ilham Aliyev has recollected the meetings,
    which have been carried out with Pietro Ercole Ago when he was the
    head of group. Informing the visitor in connection with settlement of
    the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict, President of
    Azerbaijan has touched the position of Azerbaijan and has once again
    emphasized, that due to carried out successful internal and foreign
    policy the authority of Azerbaijan has increased, its position has
    become stronger. The efforts directed on the resolution of conflict
    by negotiations within the framework of norms and principles of
    international law, territorial integrity of Azerbaijan also continue.
    Having noted that alternatives to this are not present, President
    Ilham Aliyev has stated that only destructive position of Armenia
    impedes settlement of the conflict.

    Pietro Ercole Ago has expressed to the President of Azerbaijan
    gratitude for a resolute and concrete statement of the position and
    has assured him that the resolution of conflict would constantly be
    in the center of attention of the structure supervised by him.

    Head of the foreign relations department of President Administration
    Novruz Mammadov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    Italy to Azerbaijan Margarita Kosta attended the reception.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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