RECEPTION IN CABINET OF MINISTERS

Azer Tag
[May 19, 2005, 15:44:04]

On May 19, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade has received
the Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs of
this country Boris Tarasyuk.

Welcoming visitors, the head of the Azerbaijan government has noted
the high level of the Azerbaijani-Ukrainian relations favorably
developing both at bilateral, or whether regional levels. Positions
of Azerbaijan and Ukraine coincide on many questions and between two
countries there are no unresolved problems, he stressed.

Mr. Rasizade has informed visitors on the economic situation in
the country, having noted, that Azerbaijan is in the threshold of
commissioning of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. And the next
year, opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas main is expected.

Speaking about the political situation in the country, the head of
the government has told about the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh
conflict and its heavy consequences for Azerbaijan.

The head of foreign policy department of Ukraine Boris Tarasyuk has
expressed pleasure for the successes achieved by Azerbaijan in economic
sphere. He also has emphasized big changes, which have occurred in
view of the capital of Azerbaijan since the time of his last visit.

At the reception, there were ambassadors of Azerbaijan in Ukraine
Talat Aliyev and of Ukraine in Azerbaijan Anatoly Yurchenko.