Azeri Security Council discusses Karabakh talks, president’s foreign visits

Azartac news agency, Baku
10 Sep 04

[No dateline as received] Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev chaired
an expanded sitting of the Security Council at the Presidential Palace
on 10 September.

Ilham Aliyev informed the Security Council members about his foreign
visits to Germany and France. The head of state emphasized with
satisfaction that the meetings and talks within the framework of
these visits had been held in an atmosphere of sincerity and mutual
understanding.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov reported results of
the talks on the peaceful settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.

The sitting also discussed the public and political situation
in Azerbaijan, the implementation of the Azerbaijani president’s
decree dated 24 November 2003 “On intensification of socioeconomic
development in the Azerbaijani Republic” and “The state programme on
socioeconomic development in the regions of the Azerbaijani Republics
(for 2004-2008)”, as well as future measures to create new jobs.