AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT ARMENIA

ANS
14.04.2009 17:06

The aim of the visit is to attend the meeting of the Foreign Ministers
Council of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation Organization.

The Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadquliyev will pay a visit to
the Armenian capital city of Yerevan on April 16. The Press Secretary
of the Foreign Ministry Elkhan Poulukhov informed ANS that the aim of
the visit was to attend the meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of
the Black Sea Co-operation Organisation. Azerbaijan will take over the
chairmanship in the organization. "Therefore, it is necessary that the
Deputy Foreign Minister to take part at the meeting," Poulukhov noted.

BSEC Foreign Ministers will discuss increasing the efficiency
of the organization’s activity by deepening regional cooperation,
implementing joint regional projects in the spheres of transport and
energy, exchanging views to reduce the impact of the global financial
and economic crisis on the member states. Poulukhov further added
that Mammadguliyev was not expected t hold any meetings during the
one-day visit.