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  • BAKU: Azerbaijan's FM met US secretary of State C. Rice

    AZERBAIJAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ELMAR MAMMADYAROV MET US SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZA RICE
    [August 03, 2005, 14:14:56]

    AzerTag, Azerbaijan
    Aug 3 2005

    Visiting USA Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has
    met on August 2 with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, reports
    AzerTAj's Washington-based correspondent.

    Before that, Mr. Tom Casey, Acting Spokesman of the United States
    Department of State at the briefing said the US "certainly were going
    to thank the Government of Azerbaijan for its assistance in the global
    war on terror. Understand that Azerbaijan does have military forces in
    Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. We are also going to stress and talk
    about the importance, as we always do in our conversations with the
    Azeri Government, of the parliamentary elections in November and the
    importance of those elections meeting international standards. And we
    certainly expected the subject of Nagorno-Karabak to come up as well."

    Minister Mammdyarov in his part told journalists after the meeting
    who has appreciated talks with Condoleeza Rice as useful. In his
    opinion the United States as a member of the OSCE Minsk Group promised
    to make more active its efforts on the peaceful settlement of the
    Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In regards to the
    United States' position on the conflict's settlement on the territorial
    integrity principle, Mr. Mammadyarov said that it's unchangeable.

    Elmar Mammadyarov said the meeting has focused also on the improving
    of democracy in Azerbaijan. The United States is concerned
    with more progress in this sphere. From this point of view the
    parliamentary elections in November were stressed as an important
    moment. We have also talks about economic projects. The parties have
    expressed satisfaction with realization of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and
    Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum projects. Ms. Rice has noted the Azerbaijan's
    leadership in realization of global projects. Elmar Mammdyarov has also
    emphasized importance of the Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railroad
    for Azerbaijan. A prospect of cooperation between the United States
    and Azerbaijan within the international organizations was discussed
    during the meeting.

    Foreign Minister Mammadyarov has met on the same day with the OSCE
    Minsk Group's co-chair from the United States Steven Mann. They
    have a talks on the negotiations for peaceful settlement of the
    Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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