AZERI & FRENCH PRESIDENTS TO EXCHANGE OFFICIAL VISITS IN 2007
Author: S.Agayeva

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Sept 8 2006

In 2007, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and French President Jacques
Chirac will exchange official visits, Trend reports with reference
to the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.

In keeping with the close ties between Azerbaijan and France, the Azeri
President is making his official visit to France in January 2007 at
Chirac’s invitation, the message said. In turn, Mr Chirac will make
an official visit to Azerbaijan during the first quarter of 2007.

In recent years, Azeri-French relations have developed signifncantly
and politically the discussions between the two countries cointinues
at the highest level. France, alongside USA and Russia, is working to
settle the Nagono-Karabakh conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group. The
two countries’ economic relations are progressing rapidly in such
fields as aviation, energy and infrastructure, especially under such
projects as BTC and BTE.

The Presidents’ scheduled visits will create opportunities to further
strengthening relations between the two countries and nations, says
the message.