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    Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
    June 9 2005

    ITALIAN SENATOR VISITS AZERBAIJAN
    [June 09, 2005, 21:24:57]

    Staying in Azerbaijan Head of the Italian Senate's Foreign Affairs
    and Migration Commission, member of the Italian parliamentary
    delegation to PACE Fiorello Provera has visited today the Alley of
    Honors in Baku to commemorate the national leader of Azerbaijan
    Heydar Aliyev, and laid a wreath at the tomb of the great statesman.
    He also arrived at the Martyrs Alley, where laid flowers at the
    memorial `Eternal Fire' and the tombs of heroic sons of Azerbaijan
    who sacrificed their lives for independence and territorial integrity
    of Homeland. The guest was informed about the January 20 tragedy in
    Baku and execution of peaceful residents in Hojaly, and bitter
    consequences of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    ***

    Later, the Italian delegation led by Senator Fiorello Provera was
    received by Speaker of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan
    Murtuz Alasgarov. Dwelling on the enhancing Italy - Azerbaijan
    cooperation, the Speaker noted in particular, that legal basis for
    development of relationship between the two countries had been
    created by signing a number of intergovernmental documents during the
    official visit to Italy by former President Heydar Aliyev in 1997.
    `The recent visit to Italy by incumbent President Ilham Aliyev has
    opened a new stage in development of the bilateral relations,' he
    said. Murtuz Alasgarov also mentioned involvement of Italian
    companies in various branches of the Azerbaijan's economy, including
    oil sector, appreciated the developing interparliamentary relations
    between the two countries and touched upon the roots and aftermath of
    the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. He thanked
    Italian parliamentarians for the support as for the issue during PACE
    January session and expressed hope for invariability of the country's
    in the future

    For his part, Mr. F. Provera noted his country was interested in
    establishment of close cooperation with Azerbaijan in not only oil
    but also various other fields including culture and tourism. As for
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Senator stated his stance on the
    issues remained unchangeable saying `violation of territorial
    integrity of states is unacceptable. He added that Italian Government
    continued providing aid to refugees and IDPs in Azerbaijan, and the
    other day had adopted a new decision on that. `Azerbaijan can be
    confident in our support,' Mr. F. Provera said.

    Speaker Murtuz Alasgarov and Italian Senator have also exchanged
    views on a number of other issues of mutual interest.
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