BAKU: President Ilham Aliyev receives director general of the UN FAO

Civil Georgia
April 29 2005

PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UN FAO
[April 29, 2005, 15:58:41]

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received today
Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization Jacques Diouf and accompanying delegation.

He expressed satisfaction with FAO’s expanding activities in
Azerbaijan, and confidence that the visit by the organization’s
delegation to Baku would serve enhancing of bilateral cooperation.

Touching on the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the Azerbaijani leader
highly appreciated the aid provided by the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization to over a million refugees and IDPs from the conflict
with Armenia.

UN FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf has confirmed that the
organization has expanded its activities in Azerbaijan taking
concrete steps towards rendering aid to the refugees and IDPs. He let
the President know that his organization is preparing a plan of
actions to assist Azerbaijan in development of other spheres
including agriculture and farming. Mr. Diouf finally expressed
confidence in further deepening of cooperation between Azerbaijan and
the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.