Today, Azerbaijan
May 3 2005

Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov met with Condoleezza Rice

03 May 2005 [14:19] – Today.Az

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammedyarov attended the meeting of American
States’ Organization on Democratic Societies member states and observer
countries in Chile.

According to the information given to APA from Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, head of the foreign policy office made a speech in the
conference on forming of democratic principles and institutions.
Mammedyarov’s speech was about the issues on reaction of regional
organizations to the dangers for development of democracy. Head
of MFA touched on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict widely, stressed
the importance of restoration of the rights of more than a million
internally displaced people as the result of aggressive policy of
Armenia in his speech.

Elmar Mammedyarov also presided the plenary meeting dedicated to
the problems in Europe. According to the information given to APA
from the MFA, Foreign Minister also conducted several bilateral
meetings in the frame of the conference. Meeting with the USA State
Secretary Condoleezza Rice, E.Mammedyarov discussed the measures
to be implemented in the direction of developing Azerbaijan-USA
relationships.

Condoleezza Rice and Elmar Mammedyarov also exchanged opinions
concerning the preparation matters to the visit of the USA delegation
to attend the opening ceremony of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline on
May 25.

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