AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Jan 4 2005
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF AZERBAIJAN AND SAUDI ARABIA SIGN MEMO
[January 04, 2005, 20:51:58]
Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov now visiting Saudi
Arabia met with Custodian of the Twp Holy Mosques, King Fahd Bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The Minister passed on the warmest greetings from President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the King Fahd and the people of his
country and expressed confidence that the upcoming visit of the
Azerbaijani leader to the Kingdom would bring the existing relations
between the two countries up to a higher level.
On the same day, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan met with his
Saudi counterpart Said Al Feysal and invited him to visit Azerbaijan.
The parties also discussed such issues as development of political,
economic, cultural and humanitarian relations, fighting terror and
prospect of bilateral cooperation within international organizations.
They also touched upon the measures for peaceful resolution of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as exchanged
views on the peace process in the Middle East and Iraq.
Afterwards, the Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan and
Said Al Feysal of Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Mutual
Understanding, which envisages holding talks and consultations
between the parties on international and regional issues in Baku and
Riyadh in a regular manner.
Following the signing ceremony, the Ministers gave a joint
press-conference.