AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Nov 23 2004
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF
OF BELGIUM, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL AUGUST VAN DAELE
[November 23, 2004, 17:25:41]
On 23 November, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
received Chief of the General Staff of Belgium, Lieutenant-General
August Van Daele.
The Head of State expressed satisfaction with existing relationship
between Azerbaijan and Belgium. Recalling, in this connection, his
latest visit to Brussels, where he had participated in the European
Union and NATO events as well as met with the Belgian Prime Minister,
President Ilham Aliyev highly valued the visit from the standpoint of
the bilateral cooperation development.
The Azerbaijani leader expressed confidence that General Van Daele’s
visit to Baku would make a considerable contribution to development
of military cooperation between the two countries, as well.
Touching on the Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan, the Head of
State emphasized that the conflict, which had led to occupation of
20% of the Azerbaijan’s territories and over one million refugees and
internally displaced persons in the country, constitutes a serious
threat to peace, stability and security in the region. President
Ilham Aliyev stated that his country wants the conflict to be settled
only in accordance with the international legal norms, principles of
territorial integrity and inviolability of borders.
Chief of the General Staff of Belgium, Lieutenant-General August Van
Daele thanked the Azerbaijani leader for finding time to receive him,
and expressed satisfaction with his first visit to Azerbaijan. He
described his meetings in Baku as very successful, and informed the
president in detail on their results.
As to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, General
Van Daele expressed confidence in its urgent peaceful resolution. He
also pointed to the successful development of the military
cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belgium.
Present at the meeting was Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan
Colonel-General Safar Abiyev.
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