DİPLOMATİYA ALƏMİ WORLD OF DIPLOMACY JOURNAL OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN № 32-33, 2012 EDITORIAL COUNCIL Elmar MAMMADYAROV Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chairman of the Editorial Council) Novruz MAMMADOV Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Relations Department Araz AZIMOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf KHALAFOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmud MAMMAD-GULIYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hafiz PASHAYEV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nadir HUSSEINOV Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Elman AGAYEV Director of the Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan EDITORIAL BOARD Nurlan ALIYEV Second Secretary Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan @ All rights reserved. The views expressed in articles are the responsibility of the authors and should not be construed as representing the views of the journal. “World of Diplomacy” journal is published since 2002. Registration N@ 1161, 14 January 2005 ISSN: 1818-4898 Postal address: Analysis and Strategic Studies Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sh.Gurbanov Str. 4, Baku AZ 1009 Tel.: 596-91-03; 596-93-31 e-mail: [email protected] Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 32-33 / 2012 MÜNDƏRİCAT - CONTENTS - СОДЕРЖАНИЕ RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА Diplomatic activity of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. I.Aliyev in second and third quarter of 2012 ………………………………………………… 4 Diplomatic activity of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mr. E.Mammadyarov in second and third quarter of 2012 ……………………………………54 XƏBƏRLƏR – NEWS – НОВОСТИ The Second Session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly………………………………………76 The 28th Regional Conference for Europe of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization……………………………………………………………………………………82 The 23rd Crans Montana Forum……………………………………………………………………………… 86 The Official Visit of the President of the European Council to the Republic of Azerbaijan……………………………………………………………………………………96 The Official Visit of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Republic of Azerbaijan…………………………………………………………………………………100 The Official Visit of NATO Secretary General to the Republic of Azerbaijan………………… 104 The Meeting with Ambassadors of OSCE Member-States………………………………………… 108 The Second Meeting of the Azerbaijani-Turkish High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.................................................................. 113 NATO International School of Azerbaijan – Summer Session “Crisis Response: International Communities’ Approaches, Capacities and Resources” 1 – 7 July, Baku……………………………………………………………………………….…………………. 120 AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ DİPLOMATİK XİDMƏT ORQANLARI RƏHBƏRLƏRİNİN DÖRDÜNCÜ MÜŞAVİRƏSİ 21-23 sentyabr 2012-ci il, Bakı THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE HEADS OF DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN 21-23 September 2012, Baku ЧЕТВЁРТОЕ СОВЕЩАНИЕ РУКОВОДИТЕЛЕЙ ОРГАНОВ ДИПЛОМАТИЧЕСКИХ СЛУЖБ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ 21-23 сентября 2012 г., Баку………………………………………………………………………… 122 Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 32-33 / 2012 MƏQALƏLƏR - ARTICLES – СТАТЬИ Qənirə PAŞAYEVA Azərbaycan – Aİ əməkdaşlığında siyasi layihələrin əhəmiyyəti..................................... 135 Heydər ŞIYA ƏL-BARRAK 2003-cü ildən sonra İraq xarici siyasəti..................................................................... 140 Lulian CHIFU The East-West Strategic Corridor: an Opportunity for Azerbaijan……………………………….143 Anis BAJREKTAREVIC Preventive Diplomacy: No Asian Century without the Pan-Asian Institution…………………145 YENİ NƏŞRLƏR – NEW PUBLICATIONS – НОВЫЕ ИЗДАНИЯ Anar ISGENDERLI “Realities of Azerbaijan: 1917 - 1920”…………………………………………………………………… 151 Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 32-33 / 2012 3 RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN, H.E. Mr. ILHAM ALIYEV IN SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER OF 2012 VISITS BY THE PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN H.E. Mr. ILHAM ALIYEV 04-06.04.2012 State visit to the Czech Republic On 4 April 2012, President Ilham Aliyev left for the Czech Republic on a state visit. A guard of honor was lined up in honor of the President of Azerbaijan at Stara Ruzyne Airport of Prague where flags of Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic were hoisted. Meeting President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva were senior state and government officials of the Czech Republic. An official welcoming ceremony of President Ilham Aliyev has been held at the Prague castle. The guard of honor was arranged in honor of the President of Azerbaijan in a square decorated with state flags of Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic. The chief of the guard of honor delivered a report to the President of the Czech Republic. President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia Klausova met President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva. OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА OFFICIAL A military orchestra played the national anthems of Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic. The chief of – the guard of honor delivered a report to the President of Azerbaijan. The heads of state reviewed the guard of honor. The President of Azerbaijan saluted Czech soldiers. The guard of honor marched in front of the Presidents under the accompaniment of a military march. State and government officials of the Czech Republic were introduced to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, while members of the Azerbaijani delegation were introduced to President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus. President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva left a note in the Book of Distinguished Guests of the Prague castle. RƏSMİ XRONİKA RƏSMİ XRONİKA Journal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Affairs of the Republic Journal of the Ministry Foreign AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI XARİCİ İŞLƏR NAZİRLİYİNİN JURNALI 32-33 / 2012 4 RƏSMİ XRONİKA – OFFICIAL CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА After the official welcoming ceremony, a joint meeting of President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva was held with President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia Klausova. After the joint meeting of President of the Repub- lic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva with President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus and his wife Livia Klausova, a meeting in an expanded format with the participation of delega- tions was held. During the meeting the sides expressed their satisfac- tion with the development of bilateral relations between the two countries and indicated that the relations in the political, economic and other spheres were strengthen- ing. The parties pointed to a good potential for a fur- ther development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic. The sides indicated that the relations were also successfully developing within the framework of the European Union. After the meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus an expanded format with the participation of delegations, the ceremony of signing of Azerbaijani-Czech documents was held. “The Agreement on cooperation in the area of tourism between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic” was signed by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Garayev, and the Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic, Kamil Janovsky. “The Agreement on cooperation in the area of culture between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic” was signed by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Garayev, and the Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Alena Hanakova. “The Memorandum of Understanding between the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan and the National Museum of the Czech Republic” was signed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Czech Republic, Tahir Tagizadeh, and the Direc- tor of the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Michal Lukes. “The Memorandum of Cooperation between the Na- tional Library named after M. F. Akhundzadeh and the National Library of the Czech Republic” was signed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Czech Republic, Tahir Tagizadeh, and the Director General of the National Library of the Czech Republic, Thomas Behm. CHRONICLE – ОФИЦИАЛЬНАЯ ХРОНИКА OFFICIAL – After the ceremony of signing of Azerbaijani-Czech documents, a joint press conference of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus was held in Prague. First, the two Presidents made statements. Recalling his visit to Azerbaijan in May of last year, the President of the Czech Republic said the rela- tions between the two countries were developing rapidly in many spheres. President