page 7
All Abkhaz and South Ossetian attempts to be understood in theirposition on the most topical issues concerning the vital interests oftheir peoples faced obstacles from Georgia and the US participants inthe Geneva discussions, as well as from the moderators (the UN, theOSCE and the EU), a joint declaration by Sukhumi and Tskhinvali says,News Georgia reports.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, News Armenia reports, citing the Russian ministry.They discussed Russian-Armenian relations and exchanged views on various regional issues.Nalbandian said that he sees no problems in relations between the two countries.
The chairman of the National Assembly of Armenia, Ovik Abramyan, willvisit Cyprus on June 10th to participate in the European conference ofparliamentary speakers in Limassol, News Armenia reports, citing theassembly's PR agency.Gegam Garibjanyan, head of the parliamentary establishment, and DavidArutiunyan, chairman of the permanent parliamentary commission onstate-legal issues are included in the Armenian delegation.
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Istanbul on Tuesday, AzerTag reports.Ilkham Aliyev participated in the third summit of the Conference of Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICMA) that started in Istanbul on Tuesday. The presidents exchanged views on cooperation in political, economic and energy spheres. They expressed confidence that Azerbaijani and Iran will continue developing their relations.
The 3rd summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICMA) has ended in Istanbul. President Gul, in his speech at the summit, spoke the Israeli attack, TRT reports.Gul focused on solving problems according to the norms of international law, without violence. He pointed out that this organization is the most effective of its kind in solving conflicts between countries, gathering together such countries as Israel and Palestine, India and Pakistan.
Azerbaijani people are in solidary with the Turkish people due to the attack on the humanitarian ships in the Mediterranean Sea, leading to deaths of civilians, Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev said in Istanbul on Tuesday, AzerTag reports.
The agreements between Turkey and Azerbaijan on gas supplies from‘Shakh-Deniz-2’ will have no effect on the amounts of Russian suppliesthrough the ‘Blue Stream’ pipeline project, Turkish Premier RecepTayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with Premier Vladimir Putin today,RIA Novosti reports.Turkey buys gas from Azerbaijan but most supplies come from Russia.Erdogan noted that Turkey lacks gas for industrial facilities. He saidthat Azerbaijani gas will partially cover gas demand.
Georgia and Spain have signed an agreement preventing double taxation. The Georgian Foreign Minister, Grigol Vashadze, is currently on a visit to Madrid. According to his counterpart, Angel Moratinos, they discussed issues of bilateral relations improvement, Georgian cooperation with the EU, the basic trends of Euroatlantic integration of Georgia, the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the situation in the South Caucasus, Rosbalt reports.
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev discussed economic cooperation and the situation in the region, RIA Novosti reports.Putin noted that the Russian and Azerbaijani sides will use every meeting to make additional steps towards improving bilateral relations and normalizing the situation in the region.Aliyev noted that Russia and Azerbaijan are effectively cooperating in all directions and there is progress in all spheres of cooperation.
Ukraineand Turkey will establish an intergovernmental bilateral strategic council, Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich said regarding the results of his meeting with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, RIA Novosti reports.Yanukovich noted that the council will be headed by the Turkish premier and the Ukrainian president.
The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia(CICMA) is gradually transforming into a full-fledged organization forcooperation and security on the Asian continent, Kazakh PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev said, opening the third summit of the heads ofCICMA member-states, ITAR-TASS reports.He noted that he welcomes Vietnam’s and Iraq’s joining CICMA andBangladesh becoming an observer. The forum unites 22 countries,comprising over 90% of the Asian landmass and half the world’spopulation.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, where he met Premier Artur Rasi-zade, Azertag reports. Lukashenko expressed satisfaction with the work of the intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. He noted the annually rising trade turnover between Belarus and Azerbaijan.
Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu is ready to make concessions to theblockade of the Gaza Strip. According to Israel's 'Channel-2',Tel-Aviv is ready to allow international inspectors into Gaza to checkhumanitarian ships, Netanyahu told the Middle East peace envoy TonyBlair.
The head of northern Iraq's regional Kurdish administration hasarrived in Turkey at the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister AhmedDavutoglu, 6news reports.Masud Barzani said that he supported Turkey's policies. He also metwith Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss terrorism. Barzaniexpressed a readiness to assist Turkey in the fight against terrorism.He also expressed his condolences over the terrorist attack on thenaval base of Iskenderun.
The US hopes that the UN Security Council will consider and approvenew sanctions against Iran nest week, the official spokesman of theWhite House Robert Gibbs said, RIA Novosti reports.The situation around Iran complicated after Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad declared on February 11th that Tehran had produced itsfirst batch of 20% enriched uranium and had the potential to producemore higher enriched uranium. He also denied accusations of nucleararms development.
The president of Azerbaijan, Ilkham Aliyev, and Belarusian leaderAlexander Lukashenko have had extended talks. According to AzerTag,Aliyev expressed confidence that the visit of the Belarus delegationwould actively develop relations between the two countries, includingcooperation in the spheres of energy, agriculture, construction,tourism, and high technology.
The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and the leader ofAzerbaijan, Ilkham Aliyev, signed a joint declaration on jointinvestments as one of the main factors of their economic partnershipafter talks. The presidents agreed to invest in energy, trade, heavyindustry, engineering, transport, communications and other spheres ofmutual interest, APA reports.
Russia and Azerbaijan are strategic partners that have no unresolved problems, the chairman of Russian Federation Council Sergey Mironov and Azerbaijani Parliament chairman Oktay Asadov said at a meeting today, ITAR-TASS reports.Approximately 500 enterprises with Russian capital are operating in Azerbaijan, Asadov noted. He added that the republic has contacts with 30 Russian regions.
The establishment of a consulting council of friendship groups withAzerbaijan by the parliaments of EU countries has been approved. Thedecision was taken at a conference in Tallinn, Trend reports, citingthe press service of the State Committee for diaspora affairs.
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey accepted a declarationconcerning the attack on a Turkish humanitarian cargo ship heading toGaza by Israeli naval forces. The declaration involves the creation ofa commission to investigate human rights violation during the attack.The commission members will visit Israel, Vesti.az reports.
