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PRESIDENT ALIYEV VISITS UKRAINE

Azertag - State Information Agency of Azerbaijan Republic, 3 June 2004

After one-on-one meeting of the Azerbaijan and Ukraine Presidents ended, the Heads of State held a meeting in enlarged staff at the Mariinsk Palace.

Speaking at the meeting, President Leonid Kuchma stated that he and President Ilham Aliyev had a comprehensive talks on development prospects of the bilateral relations between the two countries. He especially stressed that the Ukraine-Azerbaijan relations founded by Heydar Aliyev has a firm ground, and today President Ilham Aliyev continues this course.

Expressing gratitude for state visit and hospitality he and the delegation was shown, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that the peoples of Ukraine and Azerbaijan have historically friendly connections and they successfully cooperate in all fields.

Large discussions were held on the cooperation issues.

Then, held was the ceremony of signing of the documents.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma singed a joint Declaration.

Signed were the agreements on basic principles of co-op in the oil-gas field, on the principles of co-op in the oil-gas machine building field, as well as documents on cooperation in combat against trafficking and violation of customs rules, illegal circulation of armaments, explosive substances, narcotics, psychotropic articles, production and scientific-technical cooperation of the defense industries, on the national televisions and others.

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HELENENDORF: AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST GERMAN SETTLEMENT
Reprinted with permission from Azerbaijan International, Summer 2004 (AI 12.2).

Jacqueline Grewlich-Suchet, wife of Klaus Grewlich, the German Ambassador to Azerbaijan, writes about some of the history of these first Germans who settled in Azerbaijan. She gathered this information from residents living in the town of Khanlar itself and from historians of Azerbaijan's Academy of Science.

In 1909 in his book, "A German Colony in the Caucasus", Count Schweinitz wrote a description about a German settlement called Helenendorf [now Khanlar]. Here's the picture he painted of the little town in the northwestern region of Azerbaijan nearly 100 years ago.

"From every corner of Helenendorf, there's a wonderful view of the snow-covered mountains that forms the magnificent background of this beautiful village. Towards the south, you can see the Small Caucasus Mountains, towards the north lies the mighty chain of the North Caucasus. To the east lies cultivated land as far as the horizon.

"When you walk along the western-most street of Helenendorf-the Talstrasse-you can enjoy the view of a gorge and then of a hill with graves from the past, dating back a few thousand years, There is little water in the Ganja River now and seeing this small stream, it's hard to believe that once it swept away an impressive stone bridge. The entire valley is covered wit vineyards-a beautiful scene, even in winter. Two buildings can be seen in the gorge in the area of Helenendorf, one of which is a modern mill supplied by electrical power owned by the Vohrer brothers; the other, an electric power station built by the Baku branch of foe Berlin Electricity Company.

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