AZERI FM TO VISIT U.S.
Turan

Baku Today, Azerbaijan
April 2 2006

On April 1, 2006 Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov will
begin a tour of South and North America.

The Foreign Ministry’s Department for Press and Information Policy
told TURAN that during his tour Mamedyarov will visit Brazil, Argentine
and the United States.

During his visit Mamedyarov plans to meet with Condoleezza Rice, U.S.

Secretary of States, to discuss a wide variety of issues, and the
situation in the region and energy field.

Mamedyarov will also touch upon the Karabakh conflict in a meeting
with Steven Mann, the U.S. co-chairman of OSCE’s Minsk Group.