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Sandra Roelofs: â€œAzerbaijan and Georgia have common problems in many fieldsâ€

27 September 2008 15:55 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Tamara Grigorievaâ€“APA. First Lady of Georgia, UN envoy on struggling tuberculosis in the Eastern Europe Sandra Roelofs arrived in Baku within her 5-day visit to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The guest met with the First lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva and Health Minister Oqtay Shiraliyev and visited the Tuberculosis Center, APA reports. Roelofs said at the press conference that she would make report in Geneva on the results of her visit. She said there were progresses in the struggle against tuberculosis in Azerbaijan. Roelofs said Azerbaijan and Georgia were fraternal countries. â€œWe are depending on each other in many fields and have common problemsâ€. Touching upon the political events, the guest said a number of monitoring groups were working in Georgia to investigate August events and Hillary Clinton was also planning to establish analogical group. Responding the question that Russia doesnâ€™t recognize her spouse as the president, Sandra Roelofs said: â€œMy husband wants free, democratic and prosperous Georgia free, thatâ€™s why Russia doesnâ€™t accept himâ€.