Azeri foreign minister, Belarusian minister note “successful” military ties
MPA news agency
16 Dec 04
Baku, 16 December: “Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus
is developing successfully,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar
Mammadyarov has told the visiting Belarusian defence minister, Leanid
Maltsaw, at a meeting in Baku. Mammadyarov expressed the hope that
bilateral cooperation would expand after the opening of the Azerbaijani
embassy in Minsk.
Touching upon the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict, Mammadyarov said that
the conflict will be resolved within the framework of Azerbaijan’s
territorial integrity in accordance with international norms.
Minister Maltsaw pointed out the importance of using all the
opportunities for expanding bilateral relations. The fact that
Azerbaijan and Belarus are cooperating successfully in the military
sphere is also a sign of the development of bilateral relations in
the political and economic spheres, he said.
[Passage omitted: background of visit and known details]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress