Azeri foreign minister, Condoleezza Rice discuss details of upcoming visit – TV

Space TV, Baku
2 May 05

[Presenter] Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has returned
from a ministerial conference in Chile. He met US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice in Chile. Details of Condoleezza Rice’s expected
visit to Baku were discussed at the meeting.

[Correspondent over archive video of Mammadyarov] Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has attended an annual conference of the
foreign ministers of the Organization of the American States, which
comprises 35 states.

Mammadyarov delivered a speech on the reaction of regional
organizations to issues threatening democracy. Speaking about
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, the minister
highlighted the importance of protecting the rights of over 1m refugees
and internally displaced persons following Armenian aggression.

The Azerbaijani foreign minister also held a series of bilateral
meetings on the sidelines of the forum. At the meeting with US
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the future development of
US-Azerbaijani relations was in the focus. The talks also discussed
details of the upcoming visit of a high-ranking US delegation to
Baku. The US delegation is planning to participate in the inauguration
of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline on 25 May.