DEPUTY MM SPEAKER MEETS WITH DELEGATION OF YOUTH DIVISION OF JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY OF TURKEY

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
April 25 2006

First deputy Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan) chairman Ziyafet
Asgarov met April 25 with the delegation of the Youth Division of
the Justice and Development Party of Turkey.

Ziyafet Asgarov touched upon rapid development of the Azerbaijan-Turkey
relations and pointed out the role of the Heads of States in elevating
the relations to the current level. He pointed to the great progress
achieved so far in Turkey-Azerbaijan relationship.

He said Turkey has always shown its loyalty to Azerbaijan towards
the matters of vital importance. According to Z. Asgarov, the joint
activity of fraternal countries in the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and
Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum oil and gas pipeline projects will be fruitful.

Then, deputy MM speaker spoke of the interparliamentary relations, role
of youth in improving the laws, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and found a need to combine efforts against groundless
Armenian claims on the so-called “Armenian genocide”.

Z. Asgarov highly appreciated the visit of the youth delegation of
the Turkey’s ruling party and expressed confidence that such kind
of visits as well as cooperation between the youth of both countries
will contribute much to development of bilateral relations.

Hakan Tutuncu, head of the delegation of the youth division of the
Justice and Development Party of Turkey, said the delegation attaches
a particular importance to developing the relationship with the youth
division of the New Azerbaijan Party. He said the agreements reached
during the visit will create conditions for the relations to become
more purposeful.

Then, the meeting focused on the issues of mutual interest.