Bush urges Azeri leader to be consistent in Karabakh settlement

Turan news agency
26 May 06

Baku, 26 May: US President George Bush has congratulated Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev on the national holiday – Day of the Republic
(28 May).

Recalling his meeting with Aliyev in Washington last month, Bush
called it a “historical opportunity” for the development of “common
interests in the sphere of security, energy and democracy”. “Your
government is continuing to build a successful future full of hope for
the Azerbaijani people,” Bush wrote. He expressed the hope that the
Aliyev government will continue democratic and economic reforms to
ensure Azerbaijan’s success in the future.

Bush also expects Aliyev to conduct a consistent policy to achieve a
peaceful solution to the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.

[Passage omitted: Aliyev has also received congratulations from other
world leaders]