MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA ON WORKING VISIT TO US

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Dec 6 2006

First lady of Azerbaijan, chairperson of the working group on
Azerbaijan-US inter-parliamentary relations, UNESCO goodwill ambassador
Mehriban Aliyeva is on working visit to the US, APA reports quoting
to Azertac.

Within her visit Mehriban Aliyeva met with co-chairs of the working
group on Azerbaijan, congressman democrat Solomon Ortiz, republican
Bill Shuster and members of the working group Edd Winfield, Vicente
Fox.

Mehriban Aliyeva stressed the successful development of relations
between Azerbaijan and the US. Discussions on the settlement of Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, lift of Section 907 to the Freedom Support Act,
geostrategical position of Azerbaijan were held at the meeting.

Later Mehriban Aliyeva met with Robert Wexler, congressman who is about
to take up his duties of Executive Director of Subcommittee on Europe
and Emerging Threats and invited him to Azerbaijan. The first lady was
accompanied by a group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians. The president
of Heydar Aliyev Foundation also met with George Bush Presidential
Library Foundation President, ex-councillor on US National Security
issues Brent Scowcroft. First lady also met with the representatives
of famous universities of Washington. Famous U.S.

scientists and statesmen, as well as Susan Eisenhower, Frederick
Star, Svante Cornell, Anjela Stand, James Baker, Rob Sobhani, Roald
Sagdeev, Ariel Cohen participated in the meeting. Mehriban Aliyeva
also visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Weaving Museum in
Washington. In the Azerbaijan Trade and Cultural Center (ATCC) founded
by US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce of Washington first lady met with
American art figures and Azerbaijani art figures living and working
in the US. Mehriban Aliyeva’s working visit to the US continues.