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Elmar Mammadyarov receives Canada-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group

18 June 2008 16:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov has received Canada-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group headed by David Smith, Foreign Ministryâ€™s press service told APA. Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that the relations between Canada and Azerbaijan were developing on low rate and offered Canada to open embassy in our country. The Minister noted that Azerbaijan was the leader state in the region and played the role of a center in terms of relations with the region and the countries of Central Asia.
Canadian parliamentarians highly appreciated Azerbaijanâ€™s economic growth, social development and secular state building and underlined that there was a need to inform Canadian people of the achievements in the country and increase the interest of Canadian companies in doing business in Azerbaijan. Answering the questions about Nagorno Karabakh conflict Elmar Mammadyarov briefed about aggressive policy of Armenia against our country. He said that giving up aggressive policy and joining the regional cooperation meets the interests of Armenia, which has no access to the sea and has deprived itself of the regional projects.
They also discussed exchange of experience and technology in the field of energy, prospects of cooperating in the field of agriculture, food safety, education and other spheres.