PRESIDENT RECEIVES DELEGATION HEADED BY INTERIOR MINISTER OF TURKEY

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
April 19 2006

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 19 April received at President
Office the delegation headed by Abdulkadir Aksu, Interior Minister
of Turkey.

Expressing pleasure with visit of the fraternal country’s delegation,
President Aliyev said he is aware of their programs and meetings. The
President expressed satisfaction with the visits of top officials of
Turkey to Azerbaijan and bilateral negotiations.

Dealing with bilateral relations, President of Azerbaijan said they
would go ahead successfully, and stressed necessity for discussion
of the ongoing processes in region and of serious coordination.

Minister Abdulkadir Aksu thanked for cordial reception and conveyed
greetings of the President of Turkey and Prime Minister. ‘Turkey and
Azerbaijan are fraternal countries and Turkey is always with Azerbaijan
and this will continue’, he emphasized. ‘In the frame of common ties,
we should continue our cooperation in combat against terrorism and
organized crime, as well as trafficking’.

Regarding settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh
conflict, the Minister said Turkey would and henceforth support
fair position of Azerbaijan and territorial integrity of country. The
Turkish minister appraised the development and alteration in Azerbaijan
and Baku. He, especially, highly assessed stability established in
the country.

President Ilham Aliyev said there is close cooperation among all
the ministries of two countries that serves our common goals. The
cooperation between the interior bodies is of great importance,
he emphasized.

President Aliyev conveyed greetings to the President and Premier
Turkey, noting unanimity of Turkey and Azerbaijan is the guarantee
both for ensuring of safety of two peoples and peace and stability
in region. This, as a whole, serves development of region.

Speaking of the world scale economic projects, President of Azerbaijan
urged for safety and combat against new threats, trafficking and
other negative cases. ‘The history shows that none of the developed
countries can consider itself fully defended’, President Aliyev said.