Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
Sept 22 2006
Azerbaijani President Leaves for Germany
AssA-Irada 22/09/2006 23:36
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will leave for Berlin, Germany
on Friday. During the two-day visit, he is expected to attend the
International Bertelsmann Forum focusing on political and economic
prospects in Europe, the German embassy in Baku told AssA-Irada.
Aliyev will also hold a tete-a-tete meeting with the German
Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss issues of cooperation between
the two countries. The president is also scheduled to meet Georgian
parliament speaker Nino Burchanadze as well as other leaders and
heads of government.
The Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict will be
among the issues to be discussed. A document between Azerbaijan and
the European Union is to be signed during the visit as well.
Forums of this kind are organized by Carl Bertelsmann Foundation once
in two years in an effort to hold dialogue on the future of Europe
among political, economic and cultural circles and media outlets. The
last such event, "European alternatives – changes and prospects for
expanding Europe", was held in Berlin in 2004 and drew over 30 leaders
and prime ministers, parliament speakers and ministers from 22 European
states, as well as representatives of the United States and Israel.