Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Jan 4 2005

President Meets Security Council Members

Talks on settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno
Karabakh are going in the direction suitable for Baku, President
Ilham Aliyev said in a meeting with the Security Council members on
Monday.

Azerbaijan’s political, economic and social achievements and work to
be done in 2005 were among the issues discussed.

Aliyev spoke of the steps taken towards the socio-economic
development of regions. He also expressed his confidence that the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and other major economic projects will be
implemented successfully this year.