AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
Aug 6 2004
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN RECEIVES KUWAITI DELEGATION
[August 06, 2004, 17:58:00]
President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev received a delegation
of Kuwait led by the country’s Minister of Religious Endowments And
Islamic Affairs Dr. Abdullah Maatouq Al-Maatouq, 6 August.
Greeting the quests, the Head of State expressed satisfaction with
both meetings the Kuwaiti delegation had held in Baku, and generally,
the existing close cooperation between the two countries. President
Ilham Aliyev also appreciated the relief projects implemented by
Kuwaiti Fund in Azerbaijan.
Pointing out the good level of Azerbaijan-Kuwait political links, the
Azerbaijani leader recalled his meeting with the friendly county’s
Prime Minister, and asked Dr. Al-Maatouq to convey his sincere
greetings to the Head of the Kuwaiti Government.
Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
which has resulted in the appearance of over one million refugees and
internally displaced people, the Azerbaijani President expressed
gratitude to the Kuwaiti government for the support of the
Azerbaijan’s stance on the issue within the Organization Islamic
Conference.
Having thanked the President Ilham Aliyev for the warm meeting, Dr.
Abdullah Maatouq Al-Maatouq let him know that the delegation had
visited the tomb of nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev,
and stressed that this genial person had saved Azerbaijan from great
troubles, and made invaluable contribution to the development of the
country.
The Minister then conveyed to Azerbaijani President greetings and
invitation to visit Kuwait from the county’s leadership. He
reaffirmed that the Government of Kuwait had always supported
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and would
advocate Azerbaijan’s fair stance in the future.
The guest described the goal of his present visit to Azerbaijan as
strengthening and expanding relations between the two countries. He
also expressed confidence that the Asian Islamic Organization would
continue its charitable activity in Azerbaijan.
The meeting was attended by Chairman of the Board of Caucasian
Moslems Shaik ul-Islam hajji Allahshukur Pashazadeh.