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 The Declaration on Eastern Partnership is an important paper that opens a new stage in relations between the European Union, Azerbaijan and other countries, the EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby briefed the media in Baku on May 18. |
 European Union supports the work of the Minsk Group on the solution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby said to press conference in Baku on May 18. "The EU supports the work of the Minsk Group. We are ready to make a contribution to re-building trust and developing contacts," said Semneby. |
 The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry is holding joint military events with the United States in Baku. A workshop on "Experience of applying forces and analyses of situation" was held on May 18 in accordance with the bilateral cooperation plan signed between Azerbaijan and the United States, the Defense Ministry told Trend News on May 19. |
 The main country in the Nabucco pipeline project is Azerbaijan, said the EU Special Representative for South Caucasus Peter Semneby on May 18 in Baku. "The most important thing is that the EU and transit countries Turkey and Georgia, as well as key country Azerbaijan, which is a transit country and a source of gas, signed a declaration (in Prague) within this project," said Semneby. |
 Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan received an invitation to hold next round of political consultations in Switzerland. The invitation was handed over by the Secretary of State for External Relations of the Swiss Confederation Michael Ambuhl during a meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov, the Foreign Ministry said on May 18. |
 Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Switzerland Michael Ambühl, Foreign Ministry’s press service told APA. Michael Ambühl noted that the main goal of his visit to Azerbaijan was to conduct political consultations between the two countries. |
 Foreign Minister of Republic of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov received former president of Estonia, Arnold Ryytel. According to information given to APA by the press agency of Foreign Ministry, Arnold Ryytel reminded multiply meetings that he had with Heydar Aliyev and stressed his undeniable role in development of Estonia – Azerbaijan relationship. |
 NATO Parliamentary Assembly will hold its next session in Oslo, Norway on May 22-27, 2009. According to APA, First Vice Speaker of Milli Mejlis, head of Azerbaijani delegation to NATO PA Ziyafat Asgarov and other Azeri members of NATO PA will participate in the session. |
 A group of Azerbaijani parliamentarians signed the appeal on lifting the restriction imposed on the term of appointment, the parliament told APA. The parliamentarians offered to make amendments to the law on “The activity of the human rights commissioner” and draft law on “Prosecutor’s office”. |
 Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev issued orders to mark the 75th anniversary of Writers’ Union and Composers’ Union and the “Edebiyyat gezeti” newspaper, APA reports. The orders underline that these literature and culture unions contributed much to preserving history of our culture and treasures of moral values. |
 Crude oil was little changed in New York, near $59 a barrel, as gains in the stock market increased optimism that the global economy is recovering. Japanese stocks including Toyota Motor Corp. and Sony Corp. climbed, adding to a rally in the U.S. equity markets that pushed the S&P 500 Index up 3 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2.9 percent higher. |
 - Mr. Kerimov, than speaks, recently activity in negotiations on an occasion of settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and what you expect from meetings in June with the disputed parties in St.-Petersburg? |
 - Mr. Ismayilov, what could you say about performance of the Azerbaijani representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest? |
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