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PRESIDENT ALIYEV VISITS GEORGIA
Azertag - State Information Agency of Azerbaijan Republic, 14 June 2004
 As was informed by AzerTAj correspondent, on termination of the Azerbaijan-Georgia talks in expanded staff, was held a ceremony singing of bilateral documents.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili signed Joint Communique.
The Agreement between the government of Azerbaijan Republic and Government of Georgia on expansion of cooperation in the energy sector was signed: from the Azerbaijani side by first vice-premier Abbas Abbasov, from the Georgian side – by minister of fuel and energy Nika Gilaury. Minister of transport Ziya Mammadov (Azerbaijan) and minister of infrastructure and development Tamar Sulukhia (Georgia) signed the Agreement between the government of Azerbaijan Republic and Government of Georgia on coordination of activity of the railway transport. Minister of taxes Fazil Mammadov (Azerbaijan) and minister of finance Zuran Nogaideli signed the Agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance.
Director general of AZAL “Azerbaijan Hava Yollari” State Concern Jahangir Askerov (Azerbaijan) and chief of the Administration of civil aviation of Georgia Georgiy Mzhvanadze signed the Protocol between aviation services of Azerbaijan Republic and Georgia on further development of cooperation in the field of civil aviation. Chairman of Azerbaijan State Broadcasting Company Nizami Khudiyev and deputy chief of the Georgian State Broadcasting Corporation Kakha Bekaury signed the Agreement on cooperation.
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July 2004,
Issue No. 16
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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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