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Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain meets with members of House of Lords

26 April 2008 [10:41] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani ambassador to Great Britain Fahraddin Gurbanov held individual meetings with members of the House of Lords of the British Parliament Lord Hilton and Baroness Simons on April 23 and 24.
The due information was provided by a source from the Azerbaijani embassy to Great Britain, according to Day.Az.

The sides shared views regarding the existing contacts between the countries and issues of mutual concern.

The ambassador informed the members of the House of Lords about the processes ongoing in the country and the region as well as of projects of regional importance.

During the meetings ambassador Gurbanov spoke of the history of the Armenian-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh, continuing efforts in the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group in the direction of peaceful resolution, as well as on regional cooperation and in the sphere of integration, especially on cooperation, carried out in the framework of GUAM.

Moreover, the ambassador also informed about the arrangements, held for regulation of oil revenues in Azerbaijan and stressed formation of a separate State Oil Fund.

Lord Hilton and Baroness Simons noted that the conflict resolution will have a positive impact on regional integration processes and drew attention of the ambassador to the importance of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Great Britain in all spheres.

During the meeting the sides stressed need for the further expansion of parliamentary relations between the two countries.

/Day.Az/

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