BAKU: Azeri FM Off To Strasbourg

AZERI FM OFF TO STRASBOURG
Author: E.Huseynov

TREND, Azerbaijan
May 18 2006

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov left for Strasbourg
on 18 May, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry told Trend.

The key objective of the visit is to participate in a meeting of the
CE Ministerial Committee to be held on 18-20 May. The minister also
intends to hold a meeting with the senior official of this European
organization. The minister will have an informal meeting with special
representative of the UN Secretary General on issue of status for
Kosovo, Marti Akhtisaari.

Mammadyarov is expected to conduct consultations with the OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs with his Armenian counterpart Vardan Oskanian.