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Greek deputy FM to make a trip to Azerbaijan

21 October 2009 [10:54] - TODAY.AZ
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Mr. Spyridon Kouvelis will visit Baku on Oct. 21-23, The Greek embassy in Baku said.
The Greek minister will participate at the 21st meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.

In the margin of the ministerial meeting, he is expected to meet with Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Azerbaijan and Mahmud Mammadquliyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

It is also expected that he will meet with Natig Aliyev, Minister of Industry and Energy, since both are Co-chairmen of the joint committee on economic cooperation between Greece and Azerbaijan.

The future development of bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy and energy will be discussed at the meeting.

Mr. Kouvelis will also meet officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports and unveil the inscription commemorating the plantation of a Greek olive tree in front of the National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan.

It should be noted that it is the first visit of a high ranking official of the newly elected Government of Greece.

/Day.Az/
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