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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Visits Georgia

Politics Materials 27 August 2007 11:29 (UTC +04:00)

Georgia, Tbilisi / corr Trend N.Kirtzkhalia / Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, paid a two day visit to Batumi on 26 August, the Georgian Foreign Ministry announced.

Cultural events will be organized in honour of the minister in Batumi. He will visit the autonomous republic of Ajaria and its capital Batumi.

Nato Chikovani, a spokesman for Trend said that on 27 August at 1pm the Government of Ajaria will host an official meeting between the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister and his Georgian counterpart Gela Bezhuashvili. "The sides will discuss a range of issues concerning bilateral cooperation, security in the region, including cooperation within the framework of GUAM," she noted.

The spokesman neither confirmed nor rejected reports on the opening of an Azerbaijani consulate in Batumi.

The Government of Ajaria said that over the past few years the number of Azerbaijani citizens residing in Batumi and Kobuleti has increased and this may be a reason to open a consulate.

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