SWISS PRESIDENT PASCAL COUCHEPIN : WE WANT SOLUTION TO NAGORNO KARABAKH WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF AZERBAIJAN’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
Azeri Press Agency
May 12 2008
Azerbaijan
Baku. Lachin Sultanova -APA. New building of Swiss embassy has been
opened in Baku today, APA reports
Swiss President attended inauguration of building and noted that
relations would be further developed effectively.
"Switzerland has political, cultural and social relations with
Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani art figures are known in Switzerland," he said.
He stated that Swiss businessmen are interested in allocating
investments to construction, energetics, chemical industry and
pharmacology. He stressed that he had familiarized with problems of
the region and noted that Switzerland supported peaceful solution
to Nagorno Karabakh within the framework of Azerbaijan’s territorial
integrity.
Ogtay Asadov, Speaker of MM noted that inauguration of new
building will serve for the development of relations between the two
countries. Speaker mentioned that about 20 Swiss companies functioned
in Baku and noted that it would further increase. Asadov added that
interparliamentary relations played a great role in the development
of bilateral relations. Asadov noted that Azerbaijan-Switzerland
Friendship Group functioned in MM and stressed that analogical group
was expected to establish in Swiss Parliament
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, other Ministers, MPs and heads of
diplomatic corps attended the event.