AZERBAIJAN AND LITHUANIAN PRESIDENTS SIGNED JOINT STATEMENT
Author: E.Suleymanova

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
June 8 2006

Azerbaijani and Lithuanian presidents Ilham Aliyev and Valdas Adamkus
signed a Joint statement.

The Azerbaijani economic development minister Heydar Babayev and the
secretary of Lithuanian Foreign Ministry Albinas Yaushka signed an
agreement on protection and support of investments.

At a joint press-conference of presidents Adamkus stressed the interest
of his country in the cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy
sector. According to Adamkus, Lithuania looks through the opportunities
to receive the energy resources, as well as oil products of Azerbaijan.

Touchin on Azerbaijani-Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Lithuanian
president noted that the European Union should take an active part
in solution of the conflict.

The Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev stressed that unfortunately
the solution of the conflict didn’t depend on one side. According to
Aliyev, the position of Azerbaijan on this question corresponds to all
international norms. According the Azerbaijani president, if Armenian
side constructively approaches the question, then it is possible to
find a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the near future.

Azerbaijani and Lithuanian presidents expressed their interest to open
embassies in Vilnius and Baku to stimulate the future development of
relations between the two countries.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress