AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 24 2005

MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY OF AZERBAIJAN MEETS WITH DELEGATION OF
GERMAN BUNDESTAG
[May 24, 2005, 16:41:56]

Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan Republic,
general-lieutenant Edlar Mahmudov on 24 May, has met with the
chairman of the budget affairs commission of Bundestag of Germany
Manfred Karstens, chairman of the reliance affairs committee Walter
Scholler, vice-president of the Federal Investigation Service,
brigadier general Varner Scheve and others.

The Minister informed members of German Bundestag on the carried out
reforms in legal and democratic state building, socio-economic
development, as well as the measures taken for strengthening of
stability for realization of world-scale projects.

The visors were told on the role of the ministry of national
security, on the works done for strengthening of its legislation base
in accordance with international standards.

The Minister also informed on measures of fighting terrorism, combat
against organized transnational crimes, on the socio-political
situation in the Republic, the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, the uncontrolled areas occupied by Armenia, illegal
migration and other crucial problems.

Expressing gratitude for provided information, the visitors regretted
on lack of information about all these in the West, and stressed
necessity of carrying our certain works in this direction.

Members of delegation expressed confidence that the visit would be
useful for strengthening of the relations between two countries.

At the meeting also joined by the ambassador of the Federative
Republic of Germany to Azerbaijan Detlef Lingemann, also was
exchanged a number of other issues of mutual interest.