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    AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDS OIC GROUP MEETING

    Trend
    June 1 2011
    Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov attended a meeting of
    the OIC Group at the level of permanent representatives of the member
    states of the Organization of Islamic Conference to the United Nations,
    held at the UN headquarters.

    Mammadyarov informed the meeting participants that Azerbaijan's
    candidacy has also been nominated to the elections of non-permanent
    members of the UN Security Council for 2012-2013, scheduled for
    October, stressing the tangible benefits in this regard, the Foreign
    Ministry told Trend.

    He urged the OIC member states to support our country's candidacy in
    the elections scheduled for October.

    At the meeting, Mammadyarov stressed that Azerbaijan pursues an
    independent policy and is a leading state in the region, participates
    in the development of regional cooperation in the Caspian and Caucasus
    space, has a particularly important role in the implementation of
    regional energy and transport projects, the country is the author
    of several important initiatives within the UN and the OIC; is an
    integral part of the Islamic world, is a bridge between Europe and
    Asia from a geographical point of view, and contributes to the dialogue
    among civilizations.

    He also provided detailed information about the negotiation process
    on the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Mammadyarov stressed with regret that so far Armenia has not fulfilled
    four resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council in 1993 to liberate
    the occupied Azerbaijani territories, and underscored that, according
    to the UN Charter, such resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council
    should be fulfilled by the Organization's member countries.

    Later several representatives of the OIC member states addressed the
    meeting, who appreciated Mammadyarov's participation at the meeting
    and his address.

    The 33rd meeting of the OIC Committee of Ministers was held in
    Azerbaijan in 2006.

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