Azer Tag, Azerbaijan
June 9 2005
PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN
RELATIONS AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE ITALIAN
SENATE, MEMBER OF THE SENATE DELEGATION AT PACE FIORELLO PROVERA
[June 09, 2005, 16:16:05]
President of the Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev on 9 June received
Chairman of the Foreign Relations and Migration Affairs Standing
Committee of the Italian Senate, member of the Senate delegation at
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Fiorello Provera.
Head of the Azerbaijan State said he was pleased to meet again with
Mr. Fiorello Provera, recalling the letter of congratulations of the
Prime Minister of Italy Mr. Berlusconi on the occasion of opening of
the Azerbaijan sector of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline on May
25.
Expressing consent with his visit to Italy, President of Azerbaijan
stressed successful development of relations between two countries in
numerous fields, including in the economic field.
President Ilham Aliyev reminded that delegations of Azerbaijan and
Italy closely cooperate at the international organizations, including
at PACE.
Noting that it is a great honor to meet with the Azerbaijan
President, the Italian guest said there are hopeful prospects for
cooperation between the two countries, including in the
inter-parliamentary relations. Italy will further support at the PACE
the fair position of Azerbaijan in the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno
Karabakh problem. He said the people of Azerbaijan had suffered very
much from this conflict.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev highly assessed the position of
Mr. Fiorello Provera.