PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC RECEIVES DELEGATION OF US SENATE
Having sincerely greeted the guests, the Head of State noted that the rapidly developing relations between Azerbaijan and the United States in political, economic, military and other spheres, is based on the principles of strategic partnership.
The President highly appreciated the special part of the US Government in realization of the large-scale energy projects in Azerbaijan pointing to their not only regional but also global importance.
Touching upon the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev noted that the country is also actively cooperating with the United States - one of the OSCE Minsk group co-Chairs - with respect to peaceful resolution of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Azerbaijani leader stressed as well the importance of expanding the Interparliamentary relations between the two countries from the standpoint of providing truthful information about Azerbaijan’s realities and existing problems, to the American public and those who are immediately engaged in US lawmaking and foreign policy in particular.
Recalling with pleasure the meetings at the US Senate during his US visits, the President expressed confidence that the Senate delegation’s present visit to Azerbaijan would not only contribute to development of interparliamentary relations but also promote strengthening of bilateral cooperation as a whole.
Thanking the President for the sincere meeting, Senator Ted Stevens introduced members of his delegation noting it includes very respectable senators.
Speaking of the bilateral relations, he noted that Azerbaijan’s active participation in anti-terror coalition in Afghanistan and Iraq reaffirms that the country is the US’ ally in the international fight against terrorism.
The guest underlined the importance of this visit for having more complete idea of Azerbaijan, and advised that the Senate watches closely the US Administration’s many-sided successful cooperation with the country.
He also expressed satisfaction with active involvement of American companies in development hydrocarbon resources in Azerbaijan.
A number of other issues of mutual interest was discussed during the meeting, as well.
Present at the meeting were Chief of the President’s Administration’s Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the United States and Ambassador of the United States to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish.
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