January 27, 2004 - 21:29 AMT
BEGUN IN PARIS KARABAKH DIALOGUE TO BE CONTINUED IN MOSCOW, AZERI FM STATED
Azerbaijani foreign minister Vilayat Guliyev confirmed the interdependence available between the visit of Ilham Aliyev to France and his forthcoming visit to Moscow within the frames of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. "France as well as Russia is the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair. It means that the issues connected with the Karabakh settlement should be on the President's agenda as Paris as in Moscow", the minister told to Echo Baku newspaper. Besides, in his words, Russia being Azerbaijan's closest neighbor has numerous Azeri Diaspora. The dialogue that was begun by the French party will be continued, Guliyev assured. To note, Aliyev's visit to the Russian capital city is planned this February.