SENATE SPEAKER STARTS VISIT TO ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN

PAP Polish Press Agency
November 5, 2006 Sunday

Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz started Sunday a six-day visit to
Armenia and Azerbaijan to discuss diversification of energy supplies,
transit connections and bilateral relations.

The visit will have a parliamentary and political nature but it will
include economic talks, Borusewicz told PAP. He recalled that in
January 2006 he paid a visit to Kazakhstan and added that in late
November or early December he will go to Georgia.

While in Armenia Borusewicz will meet with Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan and chairman of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan.

Planned is also a meeting with Catholicos Garegin II.

While in Azerbaijan Borusewicz will meet with President Ilham Aliyev,
Prime Minister Artur Rasi-Zade, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammmadiarov
and Economic development Minister Geydar Babayev. The senate speaker
will also meet Chairman of Parliament Ogtay Asadov.

He will also attend the opening of a BAKU 2006 Polish National
Exhibition and of a Polish culture and Polish language centre.