Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info agency
May 11 2004

MEETING AT THE CABINET
[May 11, 2004, 19:04:44]

Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the State Committee
for Refugee and IDP Affairs Ali Hasanov met members of the Bundestag
Germany-Caucasus parliamentary group led by Cristoph Bergner at the
Cabinet of Ministers on May 10.

Having warmly greeted the guests, Ali Hasanov stressed the role of
the inter-parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.. He
expressed gratitude to the delegation members for the interest shown
for the sorest point of Azerbaijan – plight of refugees and
internally displaced people, and told of the work done in this sphere
by various German organizations especially underlining the role of
Ambassador of Germany to Azerbaijan Mr. Klaus Grewlich.

The Deputy Prime Minister updated the guest on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict lingering around 4 acts
of deportation of Azerbaijanis in 20 century, destruction of
historical and cultural monuments in occupied territories, UN
resolutions, plight of over million Azerbaijanis displaced from their
native lands.

Mr. Cristoph Bergner thanked Mr. Ali Hasanov for the warm welcome and
detailed information. He said that Government of Germany welcomes the
efforts of the leadership of Azerbaijan towards peaceful resolution
of the conflict. We are ready to help develop inter-parliamentary
links and solve relevant problems.

On the same day, guests met with IDPs in Narimanov district.