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CUBA INVITES AZERBAIJAN TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP IN NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT
Cuba and Azerbaijan signed two accords Friday to promote dialogue and bilateral cooperation at the same time promising to defend a peace, stability and equitable development agenda in international forums.
Today.Az, September 30, 2006
 The Foreign Ministers Felipe Perez Roque and Elmar Mammadyarov agreed on exemptions for diplomats, officials and service visas to "contribute to developing friendly bilateral relations and facilitate the movement of citizens between the countries."
Mammadyarov, who is on his first official visit to Cuba – which he said will not be his last – also met with Legislature President Ricardo Alarcon and Foreign Investment and Economic Collaboration Minister Marta Lomas, with whom he also signed a bilateral collaboration agreement to promote "programs and projects that will reap mutual benefits."
Perez Roque and Mammadyarov consider that, since Cuba is president of the Non Aligned Movement and Azerbaijan is co-president of the Organization of Islamic Conference, they will advance enhanced dialogue and cooperation between the two.
There are 118 nations in NAM and 57 in the OIC, the majority Third World countries, for which unity and collaboration will be substantial.
Cuba invited Azerbaijan to apply for membership in the Nonaligned Movement during a meeting Friday between the two nations' foreign ministers.
"We are open to considering your membership in the future," Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told his counterpart, Elmar Mammadyarov.
Havana and Baku maintain full diplomatic relations with ambassadors, and since 1992 the Euro-Asian country has firmly backed UN resolutions condemning the US blockade on Cuba.
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October 2006,
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ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL STARTS IN BAKU
AssA-Irada, September 4, 2006
The eighth annual East-West International Film Festival started in Baku on Monday.
Movies shot in the CIS and Baltic states as well as other countries in 2005-2006 and films that won different international contests were shown free of charge in cinemas of the capital and the Ibrus Theater during the six-day event, the Union of Cinematographers said.
Three Azerbaijani documentaries and several feature films were shown during the festival.
Cinematographers from more than 10 countries have arrived in Baku to attend the event at the Heydar Aliyev Palace. The Azerbaijani film "Good bye, southern city" directed by Oleg Safaraliyev was screened on the first day of the event.
The closing ceremony of the festival took place at the Azerbaijan Cinema on Saturday.
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