AZERI FM, U.S. GENERAL DISCUSS COOPERATION

Interfax
Nov 18 2008
Russia

Azerbaijan is always ready to contribute to ensuring peace and security
in the world, Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov told a meeting
with United States Transportation Commander Gen. Duncan J. McNabb.

Mamedyarov in this respect mentioned the activity of Azeri
peacekeepers in Afghanistan and said that Azerbaijan is restoring civil
infrastructure, including the construction of schools and hospitals,
in the country, the Azeri Foreign Ministry’s press service said in
a statement on Tuesday.

Informing the general about the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the Azeri
foreign minister stressed that the conflict poses a threat to the
region.

McNabb praised the role of the Azeri contingent in securing stability
in Afghanistan and Iraq and hailed the U.S.-Azeri cooperation in
this area.

The parties stated that there is a great potential for military
cooperation and noted the importance of activating direct contacts,
the statement reads.