Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 8 2006

Elmar Mammadyarov: `Official Baku will express opinion on US latest
proposals on settlement of the conflict’

[ 08 Apr. 2006 13:48 ]

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov is visiting the
United States (APA).

The Minister had talks with American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group
Steven Mann and Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried at the State Department yesterday.
Mammadyarov also had talks with National Security Adviser Stephen
Hadley in the White House.
The Foreign Minister told Azertag agency that the US high ranking
officials expressed willingness to deepen relations with Azerbaijan.
`It meets Azerbaijan’s national interests. The American side approves
President Ilham Aliyev’s prescient strategic policy on the country as
well as on the region,’ Mammadyarov said. `The United states thanked
to Azerbaijan for its contributions to the counterterrorism
coalition. Washington considers Azerbaijan as the leader in the
region,’ he added.
The Minister also said that during the talks in the State Department,
the American side put forward some proposals regarding the Prague
process to settle the Nagorno Garabagh conflict.
`They are interesting proposals. The Official Baku will analyze and
express opinion on them during Steven Mann’s visit to the region on
18 April,’ Mammadyarov said./APA/