AzerTag, Azerbaijan
April 12 2005

PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTER KHURSHID
MAHMOOD KASURI
[April 12, 2005, 16:34:03]

On April 12, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received at his
residence in Islamabad /Hotel Marriott/ Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri. Recalling the President Pervez Musharraf’s
visit to Baku, the Azerbaijani leader noted it had played a great
role in deepening of relations between the two countries and
enhancing bilateral cooperation in political, economic and other
spheres.

Expressing satisfaction with mutual support with respect to the
Kashmir and Nagorno-Karabakh problems, the parties underlined the
importance – under condition of globalization – of developing a
special mechanism of conflicts’ resolution by international
organizations, the United Nations in particular.

President Ilham Aliyev expressed gratitude to Pakistan for the
support of the UN’s resolution on illegal settling the occupied
Azerbaijani territories by ethnic Armenians.

The parties agreed the two counties’ trade turnover did not
correspond to the level of their political relations, and stressed
the necessity of organization of business forums and reciprocal
visits by businessmen to this end.

President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri
exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues, as
well.