New Armenian President to be invited to Baku

According to him, a decision to hold a jubilee summit of the organization in Baku in September of 2008 was adopted at the conference in Astana on December 12-13.

"Under procedure rules, the president of Azerbaijan-the country which hosts the summit, must invite the heads of the TRASECA member-states at the event. Only in exclusive cases the European Council interferes with the process and undertakes organization of the presence of uninvited heads of states in the event", he noted.

"In turn, Azerbaijan undertook the commitment to adhere to all rules for holding the event", the TRASECA representative said.

He reminded that the President of Armenia was invited to the TRASECA summit in Baku in 1998, yet the Prime Minister of Armenia arrived instead.

A.Mustafayev said that Armenia spoke against conduction of the summit in Baku. However, after Kazakhstan withdrew its claim, there was no other candidate left.

"The situation has become softer as compared to that period. Peaceful talks are going on, the Presidents and Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting in various cities, representatives of Armenia participate in different international procedures. Therefore, we do not have any problem in organization of this summit and will undertake all necessary measures for its conduction", Akif Mustafayev announced.

TRASECA currently comprises Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

/Day.Az/