AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Aug 13 2005

FOREIGN MINISTER RECEIVES GERMAN DELEGATION
[August 13, 2005, 20:21:23]

Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has met today with
the delegation of the German Federal Intelligence Service headed by
August Hanning, FM’s press service said.

Informing the guests on the democratic reforms implemented in
Azerbaijan, Minister E. Mammadyarov noted his county’s foreign policy
was oriented towards integration into the European and Euroatlantic
structures. In this connection, he mentioned Azerbaijan’s cooperation
with NATO in the framework of the Partnership for Peace Program,
as well as the country’s involvement in the European Union’s New
Neighborhood Policy.

The Foreign minister dwelt on the existing problems including the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the current
state of the peace process. He described the occupation factor as
inadmissible in the 21st century characterized by rapid development
of democratic societies.

Speaking of socio-economic development in Azerbaijan, Minister E.
Mammadyarov provided the members of the German delegation with
detailed information about the course of implementation of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars
large-scale energy and transport projects touching on the
projects-related security issues.

Afterwards, the parties exchanged views on the situation in the
Middle East, Iraq and South Caucasus, fight against international
terror and Islamic factor and a number of other issues.