RIA Novosti, Russia
Jan 5 2005

AZERI FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLETING HIS VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA

BAKU, January 5 (RIA Novosti’s Gerai Dadashev) – Azerbaijan’s Foreign
Minister Elmar Mamedyarov and Foreign Minister Said Al-Feisal of
Saudi Arabia discussed the development of bilateral political,
economic, culture and humanitarian ties, as well as prospects for
bilateral cooperation within the framework of different international
organizations and anti-terrorist operations.

The sides also exchanged opinions on the Mideastern peace process and
the Iraqi situation, a document that was circulated by the Azeri
Foreign Ministry’s press center reads in part.

Mamedyarov informed his Saudi Arabian counterpart about the process
of settling the Azeri-Armenian conflict around Nagorny Karabakh.

Mamedyarov also met King Fahd Ben Abdulaziz As-Saudiya in Riyadh.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia are now developing,
Mamedyarov noted during the conversation.

I am looking forward to a visit by President Ilkham Aliyev of
Azerbaijan, the Saudi Arabian head of state noted.

The Azeri Foreign Minister is to complete his three-day official
visit to Saudi Arabia January 5.