Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
Nov. 5, 2004

PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES OSCE MINSK GROUP
CO-CHAIR, AMBASSADOR STEVEN MANN
[November 05, 2004, 17:02:07]

President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev at the President Palace
has received OSCE Minsk group co-chair, ambassador Steven Mann, on
November 5.

Greeting the US diplomat, Head of the Azerbaijan State with great
pleasure recalled his meeting with Mr. Mann on October 16 current year
in the Aghstafa district of Azerbaijan, during ceremony of welding of
the Azerbaijan and Georgia sections of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan MEP.
Giving high value to welding of the pipeline, President Ilham Aliyev
stated that realization of the BTC project serves regional cooperation,
ensuring peace and safety.

Mr. Steven Mann expressed pleasure with the chance to meet again
President Ilham Aliyev. He evaluated welding of the pipeline at the
Azerbaijan-Georgia borders as a landmark event and gratefully recalled
the meeting with the Head of Azerbaijan State.

At the meeting, also discussed were other global and regional
questions, solution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, as well as a number of other issues representing mutual
interest.

Ambassador of the United States to Azerbaijan Republic Rino Harnish
attended the reception.