BAKU: Azeri PM Meets With Romanian National Defense Minister

AZERI PREMIER MEETS WITH ROMANIAN NATIONAL DEFENSE MINISTER

AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 14 2006

On March 14, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade met with
Romanian delegation led by the country’s National Defense Minister
Teodor Anastasiu. The Premier expressed satisfaction with the current
state of Azerbaijan-Romania relationship.

He advised the 2nd sitting of the Azerbaijan-Romania intergovernmental
economic commission is to be held very soon.

Mr. Rasizade stressed necessity to develop military-technical
cooperation between the two countries. “Romania’s experience in
integration into the European structures and NATO would be very useful
for Azerbaijan, he said.

The Premier also dwelt on the Azerbaijan’s sorest problem – the
unsettled Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

In his turn, Romanian Minister Teodor Anastasiu informed the Prime
Minister on the negotiations he had carried out in Azerbaijan noting
the bilateral documents signed here will give an impetus to enhancing
military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Romania.