PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV AND CROWN PRINCE EMIR ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD
TALK IN AN ENLARGED FORMAT

Azertag
[March 08, 2005, 21:15:54]

On March 8, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and
Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister, Commander of The National
Guard of Saudi Arabia, Emir Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud held
talks in an enlarged format.

President Ilham Aliyev presented the Azerbaijanâ~@~Ys highest award
Order Istiglal (Independence) to Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

Having thanked the President for the award, Emir Abdullah Bin Abdul
Aziz Al Saud greeted him on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques, King of Saudi Arabia Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and the
people of the country, and wished the visit to be successful becoming
a new stage of development of relations between the two countries.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude for the hospitality,
and said he was pleased to visit this beautiful country. Cooperation
between our two countries rests on deep historical, religious and
cultural roots, he said. The President stressed that Saudi Arabia
had supported Azerbaijan since the country gained its independence,
and expressed confidence that this visit would foster development of
Azerbaijan-Saudi Arabia relations.

After that the parties exchanged views on the Armenia-Azerbaijan,
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijani leader told in detail
of the roots, current situation and state of the peace talks in the
framework of the OSCE Minsk group.

In response, Emir Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud noted that his
country would continue to support fair stance of Azerbaijan in this
regard. Government officials will be given concrete instructions on
the issue, he said.

President Ilham Aliyev and Emir Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud have
also discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress