Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 5 2008

Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers to have first meeting
tomorrow

[ 05 May 2008 11:22 ]

Baku. Lachin Sultanova-APA. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will
pay a business visit to Strasbourg tomorrow.

APA reports that the aim of the visit is to participate in the 118th
plenary meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on May
7. Foreign ministers and secretaries of states of over 30 countries
will attend the meeting. The meeting will focus on the situation in
the south-east of Europe, Council of Europe’s recommendations on the
stability and security in Europe.

Slovakia will hand over the chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers
to Switzerland for six months.

On May 6 Elmar Mammadyarov will have first meeting with his Armenian
counterpart Edvard Nalbandyan. The ministers will exchange views on
the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs mediating in the settlement of the conflict will also attend
the meeting.