BAKU: Bilateral and Multilateral Meetings Will Take Place b/w CIS

TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 9 2007

Bilateral and Multilateral Meetings Will Take Place between CIS State
Heads: Consul

Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend S.Ilhamgizi / The Consul General of
Azerbaijan to Saint-Petersburg, Gudsi Osmanov, said on 9 June that an
informal meeting of the CIS State Heads will take place at 18:00 in
Saint-Petersburg on 9 June.

Before the beginning of the 11th Economic Forum, the Presidents of
the CIS countries will come together in Constantinople Palace. From
the Azerbaijani side, the meeting will be participated by the
President, Ilham Aliyev, First Vice Prime Minister, Yagub Eyyubov,
Minister of Economic Development, Heydar Babayev, Minister of Energy
and Industry, Natig Aliyev.

The 11th Economic Forum will commence on 8 June, after which
bilateral meetings will take place between the President of
Azerbaijan and members of the delegations of other countries.

The Consul General of Azerbaijan stated that the Economic Forum is
attended by business people from many countries.

`Within the Forum, the members of the Azerbaijani delegation
participate in the work of separate commissions, make their proposals
regarding Azerbaijan and get familiarized with the economic
exhibition,’ Osmanov said.

In the evening of 9 June, a one-to-one meeting will take place
between the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and Armenia,
Robert Kocharyan, to hold talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.