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VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT TO GREECE

Assa-Irada, 17 August 2004

President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev met in Athens with Prime Minister of Greece Konstantinos Karamanlis on August 16.

The Head of State expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for the high-level organization of the Athens Olympic Games.

Touching upon development of bilateral relations, Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, for his part, described President Konstantinos Stephanopulos’ recent visit to Azerbaijan as very successful. He also highly valued the Azerbaijani leader’s decision on opening Embassy of Azerbaijan in Greece noting it would promote further development and deepening the relations between the two countries.

Touching on the existing level of the Azerbaijan-Greece relationship, the Head of State expressed satisfaction with successful development of economic cooperation between the two countries.

President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis also discussed a number other issues of mutual interest.

Present at the meeting was Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Azerbaijan to Greece Mirhamza Efendiyev.

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AZERBAIJAN BECOMES 50TH IN MEDALS LIST OF ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES

Baku, August 30,
AssA-Irada

Azerbaijan became 50th among 202 countries in the medals list of the 28th Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece on August 13-29. Thirty-eight athletes represented Azerbaijan in the Olympic Games.

Azerbaijan won one gold and four bronze medals and shared 37th place with Uzbekistan according to the number of total medals gained.

Greco-Roman wrestler Farid Mansurov won Azerbaijan’s gold medal, while boxers Fuad Aslanov and Aghasi Mammadov, shooters Irada Ashumova and Zemfira Meftahaddinova got bronze medals.

Topping the medals list of the Olympic Games was the United States followed by China and Russia.

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