AzerTag, Azerbaijan
June 17 2006

DELEGATION OF AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDUCTS MEETING AT THE
EURASIAN STRATEGIC RESEARCH CENTER OF TURKEY
[June 17, 2006, 11:28:47]

Delegation of Azerbaijan led by Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan
Khalaf Khalafov visiting Ankara in the frame of the Turkish-Azeri
consultations on 15 June has held a meting at the Eurasian Strategic
Research Center of Turkey -ASAM.

Greeting the Azeri diplomats, head of the Research Institute on
crimes against humanity, former ambassador Omar Engin Lutem updated
on the activities of ASAM. He informed that the Institute had been
established in with sections on the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Near
East, China and Japan. In Center, also are carried out researches
concerning the common problem of Turkey and Azerbaijan – Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, and the notorious ‘genocide of Armenians’, their
results are regularly published both in the Turkish and world press.
Highly assessed the successes reached in Azerbaijan in the field
of foreign policy and economy, Omar Engin Lutem brought to notice
of the participants that on 9-13 October the Center would arrange a
symposium dedicated to Azerbaijan.

Head of the delegation, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf
Khalafov gave detailed information on the priorities of foreign policy
of Azerbaijan, noting that one of the priorities of the country’s
diplomacy founded by the nationwide leader of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev
and successfully continued by President Ilham Aliyev is constructive
and equal cooperation with the neighbors.

Speaking in detail on position of Azerbaijan in settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Khalaf Khalafov
expressed gratitude to the people and state of Turkey for permanent
support of the fair cause of Azerbaijan in the mentioned issue.
Noting that the problems of Turkey are at the problems of Azerbaijan,
he underlined high level of cooperation in the field of foreign policy.

Khalaf Khalafov answered questions of the participants on the ongoing
economic processes in Azerbaijan, social reforms conducted in the
country.