Africa: Azerbaijan 'Crucial Player' in Energy Projects, Foreign Minister Tells UN Assembly

30 September 2015

In his address to the United Nations General Assembly today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan highlighted a number of contributions his country has made to the global community, especially in terms of energy, and responded to yesterday's statement by Armenia's President regarding tensions over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

"Azerbaijan is making concrete contributions to the activities of the United Nations," stated Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, highlighting Azerbaijan's participation in UN-mandated peacekeeping operations in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan for more than 15 years.

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