PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN RECEIVED NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
Regnum, Russia
March 30 2006
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly
appointed Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to
this country Bernard Amaudric du Chaffaut.
As a REGNUM correspondent reports, having congratulated the ambassador
with the new appointment, Ilham Aliyev expressed his confidence that
relations between the both countries would strengthen. “We successfully
cooperate in all spheres,” said the president. “My visits to France
are additional evidence of strengthening of cooperation between us
in political, economical, and cultural spheres. At the same time,
our expanding cooperation with EU positively influences our bilateral
relations.” Aliyev said that France as co-chair of the OSCE Minsk
Group contribute to settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno
Karabakh conflict, and expressed his hope that efforts of mediators
would bring results.
In his turn, Du Chaffaut stressed that both countries are connected
with each other by friendly relations and stated: “President of France
Jacques Chirac has special friendly attitude to you. These really
friendly relations give impetus for development of cooperation in all
spheres. President Jacques Chirac and the French government approach
settlement of theArmenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno Karabakh conflict,
in a very delicate way fulfilling their political obligations.”