Moldova supports Azerbaijan on Garabagh conflict

Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
April 22 2005

Baku, April 21, AssA-Irada — Moldova supports Azerbaijan’s position
on the Upper Garabagh conflict.

The issue was in focus at a meeting of President Ilham Aliyev with
his Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Voronin in Kishinev on Thursday.
Voronin said Moldova supports all steps by Baku at restoring its
territorial integrity within international organizations.

The two presidents also exchanged views on putting the Upper Garabagh
and Dnestr conflicts on discussion at the UN General Assembly and
the GUUAM summit due on Friday.

GUUAM is a regional organization comprising Georgia, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Moldova.

The two presidents said they hope the summit will be important for
the organization’s activity, expressing confidence that it will
become a strong regional organization in the future. The integration
of Azerbaijan and Moldova into the European Union will further
accelerate. Suitable environment has been created for the economic
and trade relations between the two countries, they said.*