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Azerbaijani foreign minister in Cuba to talk oil
09-29-2006

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov arrived Thursday for his first official visit to Cuba to discuss possible energy agreements, according to officials.

Mamedyarov was to meet his Cuban counterpart Felipe Perez Roque, as well as several other officials including the president of Cuba's legislature, Ricardo Alarcon; vice president of the Council of State, Juan Almeida; foreign investment minister Marta Lomas; and Yadira Garcia, minister of basic industry.

In March Azerbaijani ambassador Yashar Aliyev said that his country could offer its experience in oil extraction, especially in the open ocean.