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Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns to make a trip to Azerbaijan

13 February 2010 03:01 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns will travel to Azerbaijan next week, stated Philip J. Crowley, assistant secretary on US State Department at a daily press briefing, on February 12th.

According to APAâ€™s Washington DC correspondent, Mr. Burns will also travel to Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, during February 16-19. After that, on February 19 under secretary will arrival to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

â€œDuring his visit to Syria, Under Secretary Burns will meet with President Assad and Foreign Minister Muallim. His trip to Syria reflects our continued interest in furthering dialogue with the Syrian government on all aspects of our bilateral relationship. Under Secretary Burns will also travel to Turkey on February 18 for meetings with senior officials pursuant to the 2006 Shared Vision framework for our strategic partnership. From there, he will continue on to Azerbaijan for a meeting on February 19 with President Aliyev to reinforce the strength of our bilateral relations and for a meeting with civil society membersâ€ â€“ mentioned State Department.

No further information concerning the visit was provided so far.