AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
June 29 2004

PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV MET US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH
[June 29, 2004, 17:06:19]

In the frame of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Summit in
Istanbul, on 29 June, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev met President of the United States Mr. George Bush.

During the meeting, discussed were current state of the dynamically
developing strategic partnership relations between Azerbaijan and the
United States of America and prospects of these relations.

Noting the intensification of the conducted reforms in the Republic
the last times, the US President highly assessed these processes.
Touching upon construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil MEP, Mr.
Bush expressed his confidence that the pipeline would serve the
Republic of Azerbaijan and ensure economic development, peace and
stability in the entire region.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude to
President George Bush for support of realization of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan by the US government.

In the meeting, also was focused the peaceful settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict.

The parties also exchanged views on a number of other issues of
mutual interest.