FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR PROGRESS IN THE KARABAKH ISSUE

Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 20 2006

The Foreign Minister of France Philippe Douste-Blazy has expressed
the hope that the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and
Azerbaijan Vartan Oskanian and Elmar Mammadyarov in Paris will help
achieve progress in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, ITAR-TASS
was told at the French MFA.

It was reported also that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev will pay
a state visit to France in January 2007. During the meeting of the
Foreign Ministers of France and Azerbaijan it was noted that the
relations between the two countries are developing. Last year the
commodity turnover rose thrice, reaching 500 million Euros.