Azeri minister, British officials discuss fight against global terrorism
Azarbaycan, Baku
26 Dec 04 p 1
Text of Azartac report by Azerbaijani newspaper Azarbaycan on 26
December headlined “Azerbaijani national security minister has paid a
working visit to Britain”
Azerbaijani National Security Minister Eldar Mahmudov was on a working
visit to Britain by official invitation between 20 and 23 December.
Minister Mahmudov met numerous high-ranking officials of this
country’s intelligence services and discussed the development of
cooperation in the security sphere between our states.
Minister Mahmudov comprehensively spoke about the problems caused by
the Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, the military
aggression which our country has been subjected to, terrorist and
sabotage actions, and also resolute actions taken by our state and its
intelligence services to fight international terrorism.
British representatives expressed their satisfaction with the dynamic
and productive development of cooperation links between the security
bodies of our countries and highly assessed the important experience
of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the fight against international
terrorism.
The visit passed off in an atmosphere of sincere and mutual
understanding. The sides noted that the meetings were useful and that
they were satisfied with their results.