FIRST LADY OF AZERBAIJAN VISITING THE USA

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Dec 6 2006

Azerbaijan’s first lady, President of the Heydar Aliyev
Foundation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, head of the Azerbaijan-USA
inter-parliamentary working group, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva, is continuing
her visit to the United States of America.

She already met with co-chairs of the working group for Azerbaijan at
the U.S. Congress, Democrat Solomon Ortiz, Republican Bill Shuster,
Ed Whitfield and Virginia Foxx to discuss a range of topics including
settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh
and issue of repeal of the Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act.

During the meeting, Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva said the relations between
Azerbaijan and the United States are rapidly developing.

Both Azerbaijan’s first lady and American politicians stressed the
importance of boosting the bilateral inter-parliamentary cooperation.

Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva also met with Robert Wexler, who will soon begin
his tenure as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging
Threats of the Committee on International Relations at the US Congress.

The first lady stressed the importance of the USA-supported projects
being implemented in the region, saying the United States has been
supporting Azerbaijan since it regained its independence.

Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva invited Mr. Wexler to visit her country.

Congressman Robert Wexler stressed the importance his country attaches
to relations with Azerbaijan.

He said he believes the newly-elected U.S. Congress will pay more
attention to the South Caucasus region, in particular to Azerbaijan.

The President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation also met with General
Brent Scowcroft, the President of the George Bush Presidential
Library Foundation, to discuss prospects of cooperation between the
two Foundations.

The first lady informed Brent Scowcroft about the education, cultural
and health projects implemented by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador also had a number of meetings with
representatives of American universities and research centers as
well as visited the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Textile Museum
in Washington, and Azerbaijan Trade and Cultural Center of the
US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce.