BAKU; President Ilham Aliyev: "There Are High-Level Partnership Rela

PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV: "THERE ARE HIGH-LEVEL PARTNERSHIP RELATIONS BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND US"

APA
Feb 19 2010
Azerbaijan

Baku. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received the delegation
headed by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J.

Burns on February 19. The President spoke about the existence of
high-level partnership relations between Azerbaijan and US in different
spheres and expressed his confidence in its future development,
APA reports. Aliyev noted the importance of this visit in terms of
development and extension of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan
and US.

Burns said his country attaches great importance to the relations
with Azerbaijan and is interested in its further expansion.

They exchanged views on Armenia -Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno
Karabakh, cooperation in energy between the two countries, as well
as regional and international issues.