AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 29 2005

AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING OF RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
[March 29, 2005, 19:10:52]

Murtuz Alaskarov, chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli
Majlis) met on March 29 Sergey Stepashin, chairman of the Audit
Chamber of the Russian Federation, reported AzerTAj correspondent.

Speaker of the Parliament said the joint efforts made by Russia’s and
Azerbaijan Presidents has given a renewed impetus to the strategic
partnership between two countries. Speaking of expanding economical
cooperation he noted that commodity turnover between Azerbaijan and
Russia has been achieved $1 billion for the last year. Azerbaijan is
intersted in developing relations with Russia and today there were
over 500 schools and 1 University where are teaching in Russian. It
is an allegation of the great interest in our country to Russian
language and culture.

Murtuz Alaskarov has informed the guest on Armenian-Azerbaijan,
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He said that Azerbaijan is backing the
peasful settlement of the conflict on the base of international laws.
We hope that Russia as member of the OSCE Minsk group to be play an
active role in a settlement process. Armenians were resettle in
Nagorno-Karabakh after the Russian-Iranian War, and a new book in
that will be published soon, said Murtuz Alaskarov.

The Russia’s Audit Chamber chief said that Russia is also interested
in expanding of relations with Azerbaijan. He noted that stability
which has been created in Azerbaijan by the great historic figure
Heydar Aliyev it is sucessfully saving at present too. It is also
allegation that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has suitably
been continued the line of policy by Heydar Aliyev.

Then Sergey Stepashin speaking of sucessfull cooperation between the
Audit Chambers.

Touching upon the problem over Nagorno-Karabakh, Sergey Stepashin
said the conflict has given a concern for all countries in the
region, `and we has been supported a peacefull and equitable solution
of the conflict. I think the parliaments will be intensify its
efforts on that’.