AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Jan 26 2005

OFFICIAL VISIT OF AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV TO IRAN

MEETING OF PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV WITH PRESIDENT OF
IRAN SEYED MOHAMMAD KHATAMI
[January 26, 2005, 15:36:37]

On January 26, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev
staying on an official visit in the Islamic Republic of Iran met with
President of the country Seyed Mohammad Khatami.

The Azerbaijani leader described the visit as very successful and
fruitful from the standpoint of development of cooperation between
Azerbaijan and Iran.

The parties pointed out that the issues discussed during the meetings
held in the course of the visit fully correspond to the national
interests of the two countries. The stated with confidence that
strengthening of the Azerbaijan-Iran friendship and cooperation would
promote peace and stability in the region, as well as bring the
cooperation in political, economic, humanitarian and other fields to
a qualitatively new level.

It was also noted that there was a favorable conditions and legal
basis to deepen bilateral links in all spheres and realize mutually
beneficial projects.

The two leaders also touched up the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, stated the necessity of respecting
principles reflected in the documents adopted by the United Nations
and other international organizations with respect to this problem.
The Iranian President reaffirmed that his country’s stance is that
the conflict must be resolved on the base of territorial integrity
and inviolability of the borders of the Azerbaijan Republic.