AzerTag, Azerbaijan
May 26 2006
CHAIRMAN OF PARLIAMENT MEETS WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[May 26, 2006, 15:44:36]
Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Ogtay Asadov
met May 25 with Bernard Amodric du Chaffo, Ambassador of France to
Baku.
Ogtay Asadov spoke of the history of Azerbaijan’s relationship with
France, and said Azerbaijan is keen to improve ties between the two
countries. Milli Majlis Chairman said that today economic, cultural
and political relations between Azerbaijan and France are rapidly
developing. Mr. Asadov noted that joint inter-governmental
commissions’ efforts resulted in allocating favorable terms to
Azerbaijan.
He also said large oil companies of France invested millions of
dollars in Azerbaijan’s economy.
`We are trying to push the inter-parliamentary relations to a much
higher level, and hope to achieve our goal’, he added.
Ogtay Asadov also detailed Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, saying Azerbaijan has a fair stance on the dispute. He
expressed hope that France as one of the OSCE Minsk group Co-Chairs
will step up its efforts to solve the conflict in line with
international legal standards.
Bernard Amodric du Chaffo, in his turn, confirmed that Azerbaijan and
France have a long history of relationship.
The Ambassador said the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary
Assembly will soon be held in Paris, and attended by Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev. Bernard Amodric du Chaffo noted such visits
are of great importance for improving ties between Azerbaijan and
France.
The sides also discussed a wide range of other topics of mutual
interest.