POLITICS
AZERI MP CONDUCTS SEVERAL MEETINGS IN QATAR
Baku, June 1 AZERTAC). On the sidelines of the Doha Forum in Qatar, member of Azerbaijan parliament Ganira Pashayeva has held several meetings.
Pashayeva met Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani who said his country attaches great importance to development of relationship with Azerbaijan.
He highly appreciated the fact that he had friendly relations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Pashayeva, in turn, spoke of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying Armenia still continues to occupy 20 percent of Azerbaijan`s territories. She also thanked the Emir for supporting Azerbaijan`s position on settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
Pashayeva also met Finnish President Tarja Halonen to discuss a number of issues, including the relationship between Azerbaijan and Finland and expansion of women`s role in society.
The Azeri MP also met President of Macedonia Gyorge Ivanov who said his country places great importance on boosting cooperation with Azerbaijan. He said Azerbaijan and Macedonia should support each-other on international scale.
Pashayeva spoke of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying the international community must increase press Armenia to honor documents adopted by international organizations on settlement of the conflict.
Pashayeva also met Queen Rania of Jordan, ex-presidents Alexander Kvasnevsky of Poland and Amine Gemayel of Lebanon.
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