President Aliyev holds private meeting with OSCE MG French co-chair

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 9 2004

Baku, September 8, AssA-Irada — President Ilham Aliyev visiting
France held a private meeting with Henry Jacolin, the French co-chair
of the OSCE Minsk Group on Wednesday.

Following the meeting Aliyev had a 45-minute talk with Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov.

Declining to elaborate on the meeting, Mammadyarov said the fact
that whether there is progress in talks will be determined after
the meeting of the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to be held in
Astana shortly.

The same day, President Aliyev met with Christian Poncelet, Chairman
of the French Senate, on Wednesday. The parties focused on the Upper
Garabagh conflict and discussed economic and political relations
between the two countries.

Later in the day, President Aliyev attended the opening of an
exhibition of works by Azerbaijani artists organized for the first
time at the museum of the French Senate.*

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress