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AZERBAIJAN IS SWITZERLAND`s MAJOR ENERGY SUPPLIER, SWISS PRESS

Swiss newspapers described Azerbaijan as a major energy supplier for Switzerland, amid Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov`s two-day trip to the country.

On Thursday, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has made public several extracts from a range of Swiss periodicals which praised Azerbaijan`s contribution to ensuring energy security in Europe.

Also in the focus were a Memorandum of Understanding Azerbaijan and Switzerland sealed in 2007, and inauguration of the Swiss Embassy in Baku which was attended by President Pascal Couchepin.

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