OFFICIAL BAKU EXPECTS RUSSIA TO EXPRESSES ITS WILL ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT

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13.06.2008 15:55

Official Baku believes that the visit of the Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev to Azerbaijan will provide conditions for further
development of the relations between the two countries. "One of the
fundamental directions of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy is to establish
close corporation with the neighboring countries. Azerbaijan attaches
great importance to its relations with Russia," Novruz Mammadov,
head of the international relations department of the Presidential
Administration of Azerbaijan said to TrendNews.

Newly elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay his first
official visit to Azerbaijan on 3 to 4 July. The visit will take
place at an invitation of the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

"The visit of Dmirti Medvedev shows that Azerbaijan is one of the
four or five priority countries for Russia," Mammadov said.

According to Mammadov, Azerbaijan wants only one thing from Russia. "We
believe that if Russia expresses its will on the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it would be fair and right. The
position of Russia on the settlement of this conflict is of great
significance. If Russia takes more fair and concrete position in this
regard, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will be solved soon," Mammadov said.