Politics:

SAHAKASHVILI SAYS HEYDAR ALIYEV WAS GENIUS

The Azeri population of Georgia did not appreciate his ''curtseys'' and threatened to protest against the new authorities of the country.

March 6, 2004
The first official visit to Baku of Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili finished. The leaders of the two countries signed three interstate documents and agreed upon establishment of a common economic zone with common tariff and customs systems. At a press conference following the visit Ilham Aliyev said that positions of the official Baku and official Tbilisi coincide in almost all the issues including the ''territorial integrity''. Georgia and Azerbaijan, according to him, are strategic partners and friendly counties.
 
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