Azeri leader not to attend CIS summit in Moscow
Assa-Irada, Baku
3 May 05
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will not attend the CIS summit
scheduled to be held in Moscow on 8 May, Assa-Irada news agency
reported on 2 May quoting the presidential press service.
“The Azerbaijani president does not consider it appropriate to
participate in a meeting which will be attended by the president of
an aggressor country, Armenia, on the day when the town of Susa was
seized [in 1992] by Armenian occupying forces,” the press service said.
The report also said that President Aliyev would participate in the
celebrations of the 60th anniversary of victory over fascism in World
War II to be held in Moscow on 9 May.
Ilham Aliyev also had a telephone conversation with Russian President
Vladimir Putin on 2 May. The two presidents hailed growing trade
between their countries and discussed the planned World War II victory
celebrations in Moscow, the president’s press service said.