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Swiss President Pascal Couchepin : We want solution to Nagorno Karabakh within the framework of Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity

12 May 2008 17:15 (UTC +04:00)

Swiss President attended inauguration of building and noted that relations would be further developed effectively.
â€œSwitzerland has political, cultural and social relations with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani art figures are known in Switzerland,â€ he said.
He stated that Swiss businessmen are interested in allocating investments to construction, energetics, chemical industry and pharmacology. He stressed that he had familiarized with problems of the region and noted that Switzerland supported peaceful solution to Nagorno Karabakh within the framework of Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity.
Ogtay Asadov, Speaker of MM noted that inauguration of new building will serve for the development of relations between the two countries. Speaker mentioned that about 20 Swiss companies functioned in Baku and noted that it would further increase. Asadov added that interparliamentary relations played a great role in the development of bilateral relations. Asadov noted that Azerbaijan-Switzerland Friendship Group functioned in MM and stressed that analogical group was expected to establish in Swiss Parliament
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, other Ministers, MPs and heads of diplomatic corps attended the event.