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Members of UK Conservative Partyâ€™s Britain-Azerbaijan Friendship Group visit Azerbaijan

24 July 2011 11:52 (UTC +04:00)

According to EAS, the group was represented by the delegation consisting of Christopher Pincher, Viscount Eccles, Baroness Eccles, Stephen Mosley and Graham Brady. The visit will last until 27 July. The delegation is planned to meet with representatives of legislative and executive powers of Azerbaijan, as well Chairman of Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov, FM Elmar Mammadyarov, chief of the foreign relations department at the presidential administration of Azerbaijan Novruz Mammadov, SOCAR vice-president Elshad Nasirov and other officials, within the visit.
Discussions on UK-Azerbaijan relations, delivery of realities on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict to British society and political circles will be held during the meeting.

The delegation will visit Azerbaijanâ€™s historical places, including Shaki city, meet with IDPs there.
Note that, the Britain-Azerbaijan Friendship Group of UK Conservative Party was officially established by the initiative of EAS at the partyâ€™s conference in 2010. The group aimed to develop the bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and UK, extend the political, economic, social and cultural relations.