BAKU: President’s visit to Russia over

President’s visit to Russia over

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Feb 18 2005

Baku, February 17, AssA-Irada — President Ilham Aliyev returned to
Baku from an official visit to Moscow on Thursday.

While in Moscow, Aliyev held a private meeting with the Russian
leader Vladimir Putin and attended the opening ceremony of the “Year
of Azerbaijan” in Russia. Ways of settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan
conflict over Upper Garabagh were in focus at the meeting.*