BAKU: Official visit of FM of Azerbaijan to Turkey continues

AzerTag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
Feb 11 2005

OFFICIAL VISIT OF FOREIGN MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN TO TURKEY CONTINUES
[February 11, 2005, 19:37:05]

On February 10, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar
Mammadyarov, having arrived in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
(GNAT), has met with Chairman Bulent Arinc.

Minister E. Mammadyarov has expressed to Bulent Arinc gratitude for
active support by the Turkish deputies of the position of Azerbaijan
during adoption at PACE session of the resolution specifying that
Armenia is a state-aggressor and that the Armenians of
Nagorno-Karabakh are separatist forces.

Chairman of GNAT Mr. Bulent Arinc told about the program of his visit
to Baku, realized on the invitation of Chairman of the Milli Majlis
of Azerbaijan Murtuz Alaskarov, has emphasized, that his meeting with
the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has passed very fruitfully.
He has asked E. Mammadyarov to convey his gratitude to President
Ilham Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan Parliament Murtuz Alaskarov for
rendered high attention and care.

At the meeting, also were focused the Azerbaijani-Turkish
inter-parliamentary links, held exchange of views on the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, construction of the
oil and gas pipelines of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and
Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum, the railroad line Baku-Tbilisi-Kars.