BAKU: Azeri FM Received BSEC Organization Secreatry General Leonidas

AZERI FM RECEIVED BSEC ORGANIZATION SECREATRY GENERAL LEONIDAS KHRISANTOPULAS

Today, Azerbaijan
June 13 2006

Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Black Sea
Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Organization Secretary General Leonidas
Khrisantopulas.

According to the information given to APA from Foreign Ministry press
service, the minister stated Azerbaijan to be reliable partner in BSEC.

In his turn, secretary general said within the BSEC organization one of
the problems is not having thorough information on the organization
among the population, for this purpose he stated necessity of
implementing series of projects. He added that for strengthening the
organization and increase of role, series of measures are implemented,
as well as brought to the attention the meetings between European
Union and BSEC organization.

Elmar Mammadyarov expressed his confidence to BSEC to be prestigious
regional economic organization, support the projects that the
organization planned. The minister stated that within BSEC stability
and talks opens wide perspectives to cooperation in the region,
and Azerbaijan attaches more attention to the cooperation with this
organization. The only problem as an obstacle in the region to the
stability is Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, occupation of Azerbaijani
territories by Armenians, ethnic cleansing policy against peaceful
population being inadmissible. The minister said that Azerbaijan is
ready for continuing the talks on establishing the peace in the region.

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