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19 September 2009 [08:54] - Today.Az
Heads of Swiss Parliament two chambers will visit Azerbaijan.
Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ogtay Asadov during meetings with the head of the National Council, Chiara Simoneschi-Cortesi, and the head of the Council of Cantonese, Alain Berset invited them to pay official visits to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Switzerland Elchin Amirbayov told said.
During the first official visit to Switzerland, the Speaker of Azerbaijani parliament debated in both chambers the cooperation between the parliaments, the activities of the friendship group with Azerbaijan in the Swiss Parliament, briefed the Swiss side on the situation concerning resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
"The Swiss side has confirmed the importance of developing inter-parliamentary relations with Azerbaijan, given the country's role in the region, and interest in Azerbaijan, which has increased significantly worldwide in recent years," said the ambassador.
The Azerbaijani delegation was received by the Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Micheline Calmy-Rey, who expressed satisfaction with the relationship between the countries that emerged over the past few years. The sides exchanged views on the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, on Switzerland's role in promoting stability in South Caucasus, the ambassador said.
The sole purpose of Switzerland is to assist in restoring peace and stability in South Caucasus, and in this context, it takes some effort to bring together the Armenian-Turkish relations, also represents the interests of Russia in Georgia and Georgia in Russia, which, in principle, consistent with the general lines of the Swiss policy on mediation, the ambassador said, referring to the statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.
/Trend News/
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