Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia sign memorandum on political consultations

Lider TV, Baku
4 Jan 05

[Presenter] Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is on an
official visit to Saudi Arabia. He started meetings with Saudi
officials today. The Azerbaijani ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Elman
Arasli, told Lider that Mammadyarov has already had talks with his
Saudi counterpart, Amir Sa’ud Al-Faysal. A bilateral memorandum on
political consultations was signed at the end of the meeting, which
discussed issues of mutual interest. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
over Nagornyy Karabakh was also discussed during the talks.

[Elman Arasli, captioned, speaking over phone and over his still
picture] Saudi Arabia unanimously supports Azerbaijan at international
organizations, the UN and the Organization of Islamic Conference on
issues pertaining to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. It has not
established diplomatic relations with Armenia despite the latter’s
efforts. Undoubtedly, they exchanged views on that and also discussed
the issue.