AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
Nov 25 2004

PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES MINISTER OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
[November 25, 2004, 22:16:18]

President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev has received in the
Presidential Palace the minister of information technologies and
telecommunications of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Awais Ahmad
Khan Legari, on 25 November.

Warmly welcoming the visitor, President Ilham Aliyev has expressed
satisfaction in connection with his participation in the Conference
taking place in Baku, “Global Information-Communication
Technologies-2004”.

Having emphasized quick development of relations between two
countries in all areas, President Ilham Aliyev has noted that
official visit of the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf to
Azerbaijan represents great value from the point of view of the
further strengthening and development of cooperation of two
countries. The Head of State has emphasized that personal friendly
relations with the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf serve the
cause of the further development of links between two countries,
having noted thus great value of expansion of cooperation between
systems of communications of Azerbaijan and Pakistan.

President Ilham Aliyev stated full conformity of positions between
Azerbaijan and Pakistan in the field of the international questions,
highly having estimated in this connection the constant and complete
support by two countries each other in the questions connected to the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorny Karabakh conflict and Kashmir problem.

Having expressed gratitude for warm reception and kind words, the
Pakistani minister has noted that meeting with President Ilham Aliyev
is great honor for him, has conveyed to the Azerbaijan President
sincere greetings and deep respect of President Pervez Musharraf.
Once again having passed to the Head of Azerbaijan State the
invitation of President Pervez Musharraf connected to official visit
of President Ilham Aliyev to Pakistan, Mr. Awais Ahmad Khan Legari
has told that Pakistan with great impatience waits for visit of the
President of Azerbaijan.

He has noted that relations of our countries in political, economic
and other spheres successfully develop, that the great value in this
connection represents also cooperation in the field of communications
and information technologies.

Having noted that Azerbaijan and Pakistan are the friendly and
brotherly countries, the Minister has emphasized that the two states
completely support position of each other in Nagorny Karabakh and
Kashmir questions.

The visitor informed that on November 24, at session of the UN
General Assembly, Pakistan has made special statement in support of
the full right of Azerbaijan on Nagorny Karabakh.

The Pakistani minister has expressed confidence that relations of two
countries in all areas, including in sphere of information
technologies, and henceforth would develop successfully.

Having expressed deep gratitude for sincere greetings of President
Pervez Musharraf and the invitation to pay official visit to
Pakistan, President Ilham Aliyev asked the Minister to convey his
greetings to the Head of Pakistan State. President of Azerbaijan has
expressed confidence that his visit to Pakistan would serve the cause
of further expansion of relations between two countries.

At the meeting, also present were Minister of Communications and
Information Technologies of Azerbaijan Ali Abbasov and the ambassador
of Pakistan in Azerbaijan Mohammed Hafiz.

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