United Nations World Food Program will continue cooperation with
Azerbaijan in future – Executive Director of WFP

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
July 27, 2006

Author: S.Agayeva

The United Nations World Food Program highly assesses the efforts
of Azerbaijan to improve the condition of refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) and will continue its cooperation with
Azerbaijan.

James Morris, the executive director of WFP, told at the meeting
with Azerbaijani prime minister Artur Rasizade, Trend reports with
reference to the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan.

Touching on the poor condition of refugees, Morris noted that the
world public should continue all efforts to settle Armenian-Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and return the refugees and IDPs to their
native lands.

Rasizade highly assessed the visit of Morris to Azerbaijan and
refugee camps where he could get familiar with the hard situation
of refugees and IDPs suffered as a resuly of Armenian aggression
against Azerbaijan.

Speaking about non-settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Rasizade
mentioned non-constructive position of Armenia in this process.

The prime minister expressed his gratitude the head of WFP for
rendering assistance to Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.