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Elmar Mamedyarov: "Azerbaijan is interested in cooperation with neighbor countries, which are developing stably, consistently and reliably"

18 July 2008 [16:00] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov today received Greek ambassador to Azerbaijan Temistokls Dimidis due to the completion of his diplomatic mission in our country, reports the press service for Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry.
During the meeting the sides stressed importance of expansion and deepening of bilateral cooperation, especially, in the economic sphere. At the same time, the sides underlined importance of the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline to pump Caspian gas to the world markets and highly appreciated Azerbaijan-Greece cooperation in this sphere.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister noted that the country is leading in the region and got interested in cooperation with neighbor countries which are developing stably, consistently and reliably. As for the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Mamedyarov said Armenia should build peaceful relations with its neighbors.

In turn, the Greek ambassador noted that a country is not able to choose its neighbors that is why it is necessary to maintain balanced relations with one's neighbors. He cited growing cooperation between Turkey and Greece.

/Day.Az/
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