President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received on 22 September 2005 a delegation of the German “Marshall” foundation. During the talk held the head of the Azerbaijani state noted he had some meetings with the foundations’ representatives, during which the issues of regional and international significance were discussed, Trend reports.
Ilham Aliyev voiced hope that the media representatives of Germany, also the foundation delegation’s members will be able to get acquainted directly with the development taking place in Azerbaijan, as “it is better once to see, than hundreds times to hear”.
В"Once you have a direct impression on the processes occurring in the country, reforms and the regional development, it will be easier for you to judge on the importance of the events. I think, the visit is a fine opportunity for exchanging the opinions”, president of Azerbaijan noted.
Director of the foundation’s Ankara office Suat Kiniklioglu, speaking on behalf of the delegation noted, the decision to send the delegation to Baku was taken in regard to the forthcoming parliamentary elections. “We included representatives of a number of the European and American media in the group for them to study the situation in Azerbaijan and cover the topic properly in the Western media”, Kiniklioglu noted.