ELMAR MAMMADYAROV RECEIVES VATICAN AMBASSADOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 17 2006

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received accredited
ambassador of Vatican in Azerbaijan Claudio Gugerott, the Foreign
Ministry’s press center told APA.

Expressing his gratitude for the cordial welcome, ambassador Gugerotti
said it gives him pleasure to be in Azerbaijan.

Touching on the Nagorno Garabagh conflict and its settlement, Mr.

Mammadyarov stressed the importance of solving the conflict in the
framework of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, within international
law norms and principles and in accordance with the Constitution
of our country. The Minister also informed about the Academy of
Diplomacy which will function in Azerbaijan, stressing the importance
of expanding exchange between our states in educational field as well
as developing cooperation relations between the two sides. The sides
also exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.