AZERBAIJANI AND JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTS CONCLUDE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON BILATERAL COOPERATION
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Aug. 23, 2006
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov today received the
delegation led by Abdullah Al-Khatib, Foreign Minister of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan.
The Ministry press service told the APA the discussions focused on
the opportunities of expanding cooperation between the two countries
in political, economic and other fields. The Jordanian delegation
was informed about the large-scale energy and transport projects
implemented in Azerbaijan.
Minister Mammadyarov also touched on Armenian aggression against
Azerbaijani territories, ethnic cleansing policy in these lands and one
million Azerbaijanis becoming refugees and internally displaced persons
as a result of Armenian occupation. He informed about the step-by-step
solution of the Armenia- Azerbaijan conflict within the Prague process.
The sides also exchanged views on the Middle East peace process,
Israel-Lebanon conflict and implementation of the UN Security Council
Resolution on this issue. Jordanian Foreign Minister expressed his
country’s position regarding the Middle East peace process.
In the end of the meeting, Azerbaijani and Jordanian governments
concluded a framework agreement on bilateral cooperation.