OFFICIAL NEWS
MEETING OF PRIME MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC ILHAM ALIYEV WITH PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE
The Georgian President sincerely and warmly welcomed Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev at his mansion-house.
During the meeting held in a warm atmosphere, Mr. Eduard Shevardnadze was curious about President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev’s state of health wishing him speedy recovery and return to Motherland soon.
Thanking the Georgian President, Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev conveyed to him greetings and best wishes from the Azerbaijan leader.
In the brief statements for media Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev and President Eduard Shevardnadze have made after the meeting, they expressed satisfaction with the level of relations between the two friendly countries. President Shevardnadze told journalists he had invited Prime-Minister of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to pay a visit to Georgia.
Prime-Minister Ilham Aliyev stressed the necessity to continue the positive co-operation experience of the two countries. He said today’s Azerbaijan and Georgia is the work of the two world scale political figures Heydar Aliyev and Eduard Shevardnadze; the history has evaluated their activities and will evaluate them in the future.
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On September 18, an informal reception was given in honor of the heads of CIS stats on behalf of President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma at his mansion-house “Zarya” in Yalta. Prime-Minister of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev attended the reception.