AzerTag, Azerbaijan
June 27 2005
NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADORS TO AZERBAIJAN PRESENT COPIES OF THEIR
CREDENTIALS TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER
[June 27, 2005, 22:33:11]
On June 27, 2005, Mr. Khalaf Khalafov, Deputy Foreign Minister of the
Republic of Azerbaijan, received Her Excellency Jean Dunn, His
Excellencies Amara Bangura, Anthony Mannix, Li Don Pal, Abdullah Al
Duwaikh, Mikhail Laur, Hol Deng Alak and Peter Lusaka Chintala, newly
appointed non-resident Ambassadors to Azerbaijan from respectively,
Australia, Republic of Guinea, Republic of Ireland, People’s
Democratic Republic of Korea, State of Kuwait, Republic of Moldova,
Republic of Sudan and Republic of Zambia.
Deputy Minister K. Khalafov congratulated the Ambassadors upon their
appointments and expressed his confidence that their activity will
contribute to further development of relations between Azerbaijan and
the nations they represent.
Khalaf Khalafov spoke about crucial political, social-economic and
democratic reforms underway in Azerbaijan and positive impact the
achievements in these fields will bring to the bilateral relations.
He also informed the diplomats about the Armenia-Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which resulted in occupation of 20 percent
of Azerbaijan by armed forces of Armenia and in about one million of
refugees and displaced persons in our country.
In the meetings, the sides also discussed the perspectives for the
development of bilateral relations, especially considerable potential
for economic cooperation. They also stressed the existing effective
cooperation within international organizations and the importance of
further strengthening this interaction.
The Ambassadors having emphasized their pleasure at being appointed
to Azerbaijan stated their intention to use all venues to further
broaden and develop relations between their respective countries and
Azerbaijan.
At the meetings the Ambassadors presented copies of their credentials
to Deputy Foreign Minister K. Khalafov.