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  PRESS – RELEASE No: 09

1. AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER FOR
ENLARGEMENT AND EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY
April 9, 2010

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has today received European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule.
President Ilham Aliyev described Fule`s visit as “a good opportunity” to discuss “the developing” Azerbaijan-EU cooperation, in particular joint projects. The President expressed confidence the cooperation between the country and the organization would “cover more spheres in future”.
Fule said his visit was aimed at discussing the current state and exploring prospects of the bilateral cooperation.
The President and the European Commissioner also discussed the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Eastern Partnership program and energy cooperation

2. AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES TURKISH DEPUTY FOREIGN
MINISTER
April 9, 2010

Azerbaijan`s President Ilham Aliyev has today received deputy foreign minister of Turkey Feridun Sinirlioglu.
Sinirlioglu conveyed greetings of President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Azerbaijani leader.
He also handed over Prime Minister Erdogan`s letter to the Head of State.
President Ilham Aliyev spoke of the current state of negotiations to settle the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
For his part, Feridun Sinirlioglu told of the current state of relationship between Turkey and Armenia.
They also discussed issues on prospects for development of friendly and fraternal relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.
President Ilham Aliyev asked Sinirlioglu to pass on his greetings to Turkish President and Prime Minister

3.AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES GAMBIAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GAMBIANS ABROAD
April 12, 2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Gambia`s Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Relations and Gambians Abroad Ousman Jammeh.
The President said this was a first-ever ministerial delegation of Gambia which visited Azerbaijan, expressing confidence reciprocal visits would continue. President Ilham Aliyev said the visit opened up good opportunities to discuss the bilateral relations and international issues.
The Gambian minister conveyed President Yahya Jammeh`s greetings to the Azerbaijani leader.
The minister said the Gambian leader placed great emphasis on relations with Azerbaijan.
Jammeh said Gambia attaches “particular importance on this visit”, expressing confidence it would see “fruitful discussions” on prospects of the bilateral relations.
President Ilham Aliyev asked the minister to pass his greetings on to the Gambian leader

4. PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES PACE PRESIDENT
April 14, 2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday.
The Head of State congratulated Cavusoglu on his election as President of PACE. President Ilham Aliyev described the election of the Turkish representative as a fair decision. He expressed hope that PACE would successfully discharge its duty during Cavusoglu`s tenure.
The Azerbaijani leader praised the fact that Azerbaijan is one of the first countries to visit by Cavusoglu. He expressed assurance that the trip would contribute to expansion of PACE-Azerbaijan relationship.
Mevlut Cavusoglu thanked President Ilham Aliyev for Azerbaijan`s supporting his candidacy. The PACE President emphasized he had successfully cooperated with the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation during many years.
The Azerbaijani leader and PACE President also shared their views on the current state of and prospects for Azerbaijan-PACE cooperation

5. TO H.E. Mr. BRONISLAW KOMOROWSKI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SEJM,
ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Baku, April 10, 2010

Esteemed Mr. Bronislaw Komorowski,
I was so very sad to hear of the tragic death of the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczynski and his spouse Maria Kaczynska as well as officials of the Polish Administration`s President, members of the Senate and Sejm and top-ranking officers of the Polish army who were killed in a plane crash, which is a great loss to the people of Poland and the whole European family.
In the person of President Lech Kaczynski, the world community and the Polish people have lost a man of high moral values, a state figure and politician who selflessly served his people throughout his life. Please pass my deepest sympathies on to the Polish people and family members and friends of the dead.
President Lech Kaczynski played an invaluable role in building close friendship and cooperation between Poland and Azerbaijan. We met many times during reciprocal visits and at different international events. In addition to being a friend of Azerbaijan he won popularity and sympathy of the Azerbaijani people as a European politician. He was honored with Azerbaijan`s highest state award, the Heydar Aliyev Order, for his outstanding contribution to developing the relations between the two countries.
I share the grief of the brotherly people of Poland and wish them patience and endurance. The great son of the Polish people will always live in the memories of the people of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

6. PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV CHAIRS CABINET MEETING ON FIRST
QUARTER 2010 SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESULTS
April 14, 2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today presided over a Cabinet meeting on the outcomes of the socio-economic development in the first quarter of 2010.
The meeting started with opening remarks of the Head of State.
“The Azerbaijan`s economy continued to develop successfully this year. All our socio-economic indicators are at a high level. The year 2009 entered history books as the crisis year but our economy grew by almost 10 percent this year,” the Azerbaijani leader said at the meeting
Noting high economic growth in the Republic the President said: “Azerbaijan achieved accomplishments since our economy grew 2.8-fold in 2004-2009. The additional economic progress achieved this year once more shows that political, economic and social reforms implemented by us bring its results.”
“Our economy grew by 5.4-fold and industrial production by 5.6 percent. Given income of population increase – rise in the amount of deposits in banks by 30 percent is the best indicator of this – we will see that keeping inflation low does not have a negative impact on the people`s welfare”.
“All our macroeconomic indicators prove that the path chosen by Azerbaijan is right”.
Speaking of the State Investment program, the head of state said “there are neither financial nor technical problems in developing investment projects. As the country`s technical opportunities grow the investment projects are successfully realized. The investment programs will be certainly implemented and of course at high level, President Aliyev emphasized.
The President especially noted the IT successful development in the country: “Recently the World Economic Forum, an authoritative world organization, has awarded Azerbaijan the first place in the CIS space for development of the information-communication technology.”
As far as to the social questions, President of Azerbaijan said “the most important condition for this is economic development. Without effective economic policy it is impossible to realize any social project, any social program. We successfully realize all the social programs”.
President Aliyev once again stated the stance of Azerbaijan on settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, underlining that the “dispute should be solved in the frame of international law”. “We have reached such a phase that Armenia cannot continue its insidious and false policy”, the President stressed.
In discussions, speaking was the Minister of Taxes Fazil Mammadov, Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population Fuzuli Alakbarov, Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent Ramiz Hasanov, who reported on the progress achieved by their agencies in the first quarter of 2010.
President Ilham Aliyev made closing remarks at the meeting

7. PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES EU ENERGY COMMISSIONER
April 15, 2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received European Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger on Thursday.
The Head of State expressed assurance that Azerbaijan and the European Commission would continue effective cooperation in a variety of fields including the energy one. The Head of State found the need to discuss projects that could help establish long-term partnership relations between Azerbaijan and European Commission. On the Europe`s energy security, the Head of State emphasized there is good potential for expanding cooperation given Azerbaijan has huge energy resources, infrastructure and production.
The EU Commission noted relations with Azerbaijan are well-developed not only in the energy field but also in other ones. He highlighted the need to continue energy cooperation.
Discussions at the meeting also revolved around prospects for cooperation to ensure Europe`s energy security

8. PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES PARTICIPANTS OF
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN
AZERBAIJAN: MORE CONFERENCE “2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
IN AZERBAIJAN: MORE
April 16,2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received the participants of an international conference “2010 parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan: more democratic, more transparent”.
The Head of State expressed confidence that talks and meetings held during the visit of European parliament`s members would contribute to developing relations between Azerbaijan and European structures.
The President said Azerbaijan closely cooperates with European institutions in a variety of fields. He also touched on the country`s ties with the Council of Europe.
President Aliyev pointed out that all fields of Azerbaijan`s economy are rapidly developing with international projects being implemented in the country, as well. He highlighted the sustainable development in the country despite ongoing global financial crisis.
The Head of State noted modernization, development of infrastructure and investment opportunities allowed building a strong and diversified economy.
“Our country suffered the least from the international financial crisis. Our economy grew by 9% last year. The inflation rate was only 1.5%. We are a self-sufficient country and, of course, we are implementing a number of projects boosting our economy,” said the President.
President Ilham Aliyev noted world`s authoritative financial organizations praise Azerbaijan`s economic potential. According to him, Azerbaijan ranked first among CIS countries and 51st in the world on the World Economic Forum`s global competitiveness index.
The Head of State expressed assurance that Azerbaijan would contribute to European Union`s Eastern Partnership policy.
The Head of State said Azerbaijan is a secular state where many peoples live in peace and harmony. He said Azerbaijan, which has a strong political system, is an attractive destination for investments.
On the Azerbaijan`s successful energy policy, President Ilham Aliyev said UN`s awarding the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan for improving transparency in public service is a manifestation of high assessment of international organizations.

President Ilham Aliyev also touched upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, saying “almost 20 percent of our territories are under occupation.”
“Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent 7 regions are under Armenian occupation. People were driven out from there and this was a policy of ethnic cleansing.”
The Head of State said Armenians had committed war crimes against Azerbaijanis. He added Armenians perpetrated genocide in Khojaly in 1992 killing more than 600 civilians. “Azerbaijanis, including children and women were tortured by Armenians.”
All these were documented, and this is one of the gravest crimes committed at the end of the 20th century.
“The occupation continues today in spite of four resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council on unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
The Azerbaijani leader also briefed the meeting participants on the OSCE Minsk Group-mediated talks to settle the conflict.
The Head of State noted all-round cooperation in the region is impossible unless the conflict is resolved.
Speaking at the meeting, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly`s Vice President, Wolfgang Grossruck praised the development process in Azerbaijan.
He underlined the importance of the international conference, saying it will contribute to deepening relationship between Azerbaijan and the Organization.
Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chairman of the Committee on regional development, member of the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Evgeni Kirilov said the European Union was ready to contribute to settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He also spoke of Azerbaijan`s election experience.
Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, head of Belgian delegation to PACE, president of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development Paul Wille expressed confidence that Azerbaijani voters are going to be very active in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
President Ilham Aliyev once again stressed the importance of the international conference, saying it will contribute to expanding relations between Azerbaijan and European structures.
The Head of State said the Azerbaijan government would create every condition to conduct the elections in a free, transparent and democratic manner.
President Ilham Aliyev also underlined the necessity to consider opportunities for cooperation between Azerbaijan and European structures in various spheres.
The President stressed his country was ready for long-term mutually beneficial cooperation with European structures.

9. PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER
Baku, April 19, 2010

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Monday Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Davutoglu conveyed greetings of Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the Azerbaijani leader.
The importance of strengthening friendly and fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey was stressed during the meeting.
They once again underlined the necessity of strengthening unity and cooperation between the two countries.
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu spoke of the relations between Turkey and Armenia.
President Ilham Aliyev, in turn, told of the current state of the talks to settle the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
The Head of State thanked for greetings from President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and asked him to extend his greetings to them, too

10. TurkPA `s SECRETARY GENERAL MEETS KAZAKH MP s
Baku, April 20, 2010

Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkish-speaking Countries (TurkPA) Ramil Hasanov met Monday members of Kazakhstan`s parliamentary delegations to CIS PA and OSCE PA Idelbay Imankulov and Tulebek Kosmambetov.
Hasanov briefed them on the Assembly`s contribution to development of Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan-Turkey inter-parliamentary ties.
For their part, Kazakh parliamentarians said their country would contribute to strengthening TurkPA`s cooperation with CIS PA and OSCE PA

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