TREND Information, Azerbaijan
March 11 2006
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs to visit
Azerbaijan
Source: Trend
Author: R.Abdullayev
11.03.2006
Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried
will travel to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Turkey March 13-17,
2006. He will be accompanied by Senior Advisor for Eurasia Steven
Mann, Terry Davidson, the Division Chief of the Press and Outreach
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, told Trend.
On March 13-14, Assistant Secretary Fried will meet with senior
Azerbaijani officials to discuss our bilateral relationship,
democracy, and Nagorno-Karabakh. He also has meetings scheduled with
civil society and business leaders in Baku.
On March 14-15, Assistant Secretary Fried will meet with senior
Georgian officials to discuss U.S. support for Georgia’s democratic
reforms, the peaceful resolution of separatist conflicts in Abkhazia
and South Ossetia, and Georgia’s ties to Euro-Atlantic institutions.
On March 15-16, Assistant Secretary Fried will hold meetings in
Yerevan with senior government officials to discuss our bilateral
relationship, democracy, and Nagorno-Karabakh.
On March 16, Assistant Secretary Fried will depart for Ankara,
Turkey, where he will meet the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister for
U.S. Bilateral Affairs and discuss his trip to the Caucasus.
Assistant Secretary Fried will return to the United States on Friday,
March 17.