BAKU: Azerbaijan enhances relations with Vatican

Azer Tag, Azerbaijan State Info Agency
June 10 2004

AZERBAIJAN ENHANCE RELATIONS WITH VATICAN
[June 10, 2004, 11:52:30]

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic Elmar Mammadyarov
met with apostolic nuncio of Vatican to Georgia and Azerbaijan Claudio
Gugerotti on June 9.

During the meeting, Minister stressed that Azerbaijan stands for
strengthening relations and business ties with Vatican.

Claudio Gugerotti highly rated the friendly relations between the
countries and noted that Vatican attaches great significance to
cooperation with Azerbaijan in all spheres. He reported that the aim
of his visit to Azerbaijan is the familiarization with the construction
of Catholic Church in Baku.

Then, E. Mammadyarov updated the guest on the Azerbaijan-Armenia,
Nagorny Karabakh problem and activity of international organizations
in this direction.