AZERBAIJAN`S FM MEETS PACE PRESIDENT IN BAKU

State Telegraph Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
July 2, 2008 Wednesday

Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Wednesday with
visiting President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (PACE) Lluis Maria de Puig.

The PACE President noted during the trip he had closely familiarized
with the ongoing processes in Azerbaijan. He stressed he witnessed
Azerbaijan`s commitments to the European values.

Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict the
PACE chief said the conflict must be resolved within the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani Minister, in turn, expressed gratitude to the Council
of Europe (CoE) for its stance on the conflict. He underlined that
settlement of the conflict would be useful for Armenia as well.

The Minister expressed confidence the Azerbaijan-CoE cooperation
would continue to enhance in a variety of fields.

They also discussed other issues of mutual interest.