CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTERS OF AZERBAIJAN AND ALBANIA

Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
July 31 2007

Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend Kh.Alakparova / A conversation took
place between the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov
and Albania, Luis Basha, on 31 July, the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan
reported.

During the conversation, Basha assured his Azerbaijani colleague that
the Government of Albania did not permit MEIKO Company to sell arms
to Armenia. He said that the contract has been annulled and arms will
not be sent to Armenia.

The Albanian Minister particularly highlighted multilateral relations
between Albania and Azerbaijan. Mammadyarov was satisfied with the
response of his Albanian colleague.