BAKU: Armenian And Azerbaijan Scientific And Culture Figures Tour Kh

ARMENIAN AND AZERBAIJAN SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURE FIGURES TOUR KHANKANDI, YEREVAN AND BAKU AT PRESIDENTS’ SUPPORT

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 29 2007

Armenian President Robert Kocharian received on 28 June a group of
art and scientific figures of Armenia and Azerbaijan.

At the initiative of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Ambassadors
to Russian, Armen Smbatian and Polad Bulbuloglu, with support of
the presidents of the two countries they pay a one-day visit to
Khankandi, Yerevan and Baku, ITAR-TASS has been informed at the
Armenian President’s Administration.

Welcoming the initiative, President Kocharian stressed that the
establishment of contacts and confirmation of the confidence between
the publics of the two countries will be a good contribution to the
settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Despite the existing
realities, it is necessary to define the borders of cooperation
and Armenia is prepared to contrite in this process," the President
assured.

The guest spoke about the necessity of establishment of contacts
between the publics of the two countries, as well as the ways of such
contacts. To achieve a tolerance between the nations of Armenia and
Azerbaijan it is necessary to restore the past contacts and partners
relations of senior generations and to attract the youth to this
contacts.

After the meeting with the Armenian President public figures left
for Baku to meet with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.