Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
June 6 2005
SPEAKER OF LITHUANIAN SEYM MEETS WITH AZERBAIJANI COUNTERPART
[June 06, 2005, 16:57:36]
Visiting Baku delegation of the Lithuanian Seym led by Speaker
Arturas Paulauskas met with Chairman of the Milli Majlis (Parliament)
of Azerbaijan Murtuz Alasgarov on June 6.
Speaker M. Alasgarov noted that since Azerbaijan re-gained
independence, it has chosen the way of integration into Europe, and
has established very friendly relations with the countries of the
continent and Lithuania, in particular.
Having expressed hope for this visit’s contribution to development of
cooperation between the two countries, the MM Chairman emphasized
that the antiparliamentary friendship groups could have played an
important role in deepening of bilateral ties.
He told the guest of the achievements the Republic had gained in
economic development and work done for poverty reduction in the
country. The Speaker added however that these positive processes face
serious obstacles posed by the country’s most painful problem, the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. He updated the
guest on the roots and aftermath of the problem.
Speaker of Lithuanian Seym Arturas Paulauskas mentioned deep roots of
the relationship between the two countries, noting his one in very
interested in cooperation with Azerbaijan. He said the goal of his
visit was to give a new impetus to development of the bilateral
relations, and that as NATO as EU member, Lithuania can provide any
support to Azerbaijan. As for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Mr.
Paulauskas ex[pressed opinion that international community should
intensify efforts to peacefully solve the problem as soon as
possible.
The parties have also discussed a number of other issues of mutual
interest.