Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
August 9, 2004
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC RECEIVES DELEGATION OF US SENATE
[August 09, 2004, 21:23:11]
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the US
Senate delegation led by Senator Ted Stevens on 9 August.
Having sincerely greeted the guests, the Head of State noted that the
rapidly developing relations between Azerbaijan and the United States
in political, economic, military and other spheres, is based on the
principles of strategic partnership.
The President highly appreciated the special part of the US
Government in realization of the large-scale energy projects in
Azerbaijan pointing to their not only regional but also global
importance.
Touching upon the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, President
Ilham Aliyev noted that the country is also actively cooperating with
the United States – one of the OSCE Minsk group co-Chairs – with
respect to peaceful resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani leader stressed as well the importance of expanding
the Interparliamentary relations between the two countries from the
standpoint of providing truthful information about Azerbaijan’s
realities and existing problems, to the American public and those who
are immediately engaged in US lawmaking and foreign policy in
particular.
Recalling with pleasure the meetings at the US Senate during his US
visits, the President expressed confidence that the Senate
delegation’s present visit to Azerbaijan would not only contribute to
development of interparliamentary relations but also promote
strengthening of bilateral cooperation as a whole.
Thanking the President for the sincere meeting, Senator Ted Stevens
introduced members of his delegation noting it includes very
respectable senators.
Speaking of the bilateral relations, he noted that Azerbaijan’s
active participation in anti-terror coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq
reaffirms that the country is the US’ ally in the international fight
against terrorism.
The guest underlined the importance of this visit for having more
complete idea of Azerbaijan, and advised that the Senate watches
closely the US Administration’s many-sided successful cooperation
with the country.
He also expressed satisfaction with active involvement of American
companies in development hydrocarbon resources in Azerbaijan.
A number of other issues of mutual interest was discussed during the
meeting, as well.
Present at the meeting were Chief of the President’s Administration’s
Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov, Ambassador of
Azerbaijan to the United States and Ambassador of the United States
to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress