FM MAMMADYAROV MEETS DELEGATION OF CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met Tuesday with the delegation of the California State Senate led by Senator Sheila Kuehl.
Mammadyarov informed the US delegation about Azerbaijan`s foreign policy priorities.
The Minister said Azerbaijan is participating in a number of energy projects in the region.
Elmar Mammadyarov said the country`s non-oil sector including tourism, transport, agriculture and education had been attracting huge investments.
Speaking on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Azeri FM said Armenians residing in Nagorno-Karabakh are Azerbaijani citizen, and they can be given a high status of autonomy, but only within Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity.
Mammadyarov also described the activity of the Armenian diaspora in California as destructive.
Senator Sheila Kuehl said members of her delegation are pleased to be in Azerbaijan.
She said several institutions including non-governmental organizations as well as businessmen in California have good relations with their Azerbaijani counterparts.
Members of the California Senate delegation said they join their country in support for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and that territorial integrity must be the major principle in the dispute`s resolution efforts.
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