Four congressmen - Eliot Engel, Lois Frankel, David Sisilaynj and the head of the delegation, Ed Royce - have arrived in Baku. After a brief trip to Kiev, they will travel to Yerevan. The congressmen will hold talks with senior government and municipal officials and business representatives from both countries.Among the discussed topics will be world energy and the Iranian nuclear program. In Azerbaijan, American politicians are going to examine issues of regional security. Azerbaijani MP Aydin Mirzazade said that Baku became a regional center for diplomatic visits long ago. "For us this is not the first meeting with congressmen. American politicians are interested in such things as mutual relations, deep cooperation in certain fields, and an opportunity to get acquainted with the results of the development of Azerbaijan's economy and social issues, the strengthening of the public sphere, the development of infrastructure and so on."The delegation of the congress will focus this time on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Four congressmen - Eliot Engel, Lois Frankel, David Sisilaynj and the head of the delegation, Ed Royce - have arrived in Baku. After a brief trip to Kiev, they will travel to Yerevan. The congressmen will hold talks with senior government and municipal officials and business representatives from both countries.
Among the discussed topics will be world energy and the Iranian nuclear program. In Azerbaijan, American politicians are going to examine issues of regional security.
Azerbaijani MP Aydin Mirzazade said that Baku became a regional center for diplomatic visits long ago. "For us this is not the first meeting with congressmen. American politicians are interested in such things as mutual relations, deep cooperation in certain fields, and an opportunity to get acquainted with the results of the development of Azerbaijan's economy and social issues, the strengthening of the public sphere, the development of infrastructure and so on."
The delegation of the congress will focus this time on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
