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Rasizade meets Jordanian counterpart

07 November 2006 [23:19] - TODAY.AZ
After Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasizade and visiting Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Jordan Marouf al-Bakhit met behind closed doors, the meeting continued in the presence of the two countries' delegations.

Rasizade said he welcomes the level of political cooperation between the two countries.

He expressed gratitude to Jordan's Government for supporting Azerbaijan within various international organizations.

The Premier also spoke of Azerbaijan's economic progress, adding his country is the initiator of the global energy and transport projects in the region.

Artur Rasizade also spoke of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan's efforts towards finding a peaceful solution to the dispute.

Jordanian Premier Marouf al-Bakhit stressed the importance of enhancing the bilateral economic ties, adding establishment of inter-departmental commissions will contribute to this.

The meeting ended with the signing of a number of interparliamentary agreements, including ones on economy and tourism. AzerTAg

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