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Khalaf Khalafov: Caspian summit is still on agenda

12 December 2009 10:52 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elnur Mammadli â€“ APA. Azerbaijan and Iran will discuss the number of issues of bilateral relations between the two countries during the Azerbaijani foreign minister Elmar Mammadyarovâ€™s visit to Iran. Deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov said bilateral relations, as well as topical issues of the Azerbaijani-Iranian relations were on agenda. He reminded that Mammadyarov is a chairman of the Azerbaijani-Iranian joint commission on economic cooperation, humanitarian and other fields and he will discuss the future plans of the commission during his visit. The sides will also discuss the regional issues and the development of future relations between the two countries.

Khalafov said the issues related to the Caspian status would also be focused during the visit. â€œThe Caspian is a topical issue for both countries and for all Caspian littoral states as well. The summit of the leaders of the Caspian littoral countries is still on agenda and it needs to schedule it and to develop the preparation work. We have plans related to that. Baku hosted the Caspian security meeting recently and we are planning to develop this meeting in the beginning of 2010. If there is a progress in this field, we will achieve hosting the Caspian summit in Bakuâ€.

The deputy minister said the leaders of the Caspian littoral states were looking forward to meet in Baku and the main issue was to prepare this meeting, to coordinate its agenda and to schedule the meeting.

Khalafov said visa issue wouldnâ€™t be discussed during the Mammadyarovâ€™s visit to Iran.

Mammadyarov will leave for an official visit to Iran on December 14.