By empty (8/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
As it was reported to RIA \"Novosti\" at the Russian MFA press service, Moscow believes the appointment of Ilham Aliyev the Azeri prime minister to contribute to the consolidation of the State system of the country. In his telegram of congratulation to Ilham Aliyev Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov underscores that \"the worked out potential of strategic cooperation between the two countries will receive further development for consolidation of friendship between the both peoples, peace and stability in the South Caucasus\". Let us remind that August 4, basing on the corresponding items of the constitution, Azeri Milli Mejlis adopted the resolution to confirm the acting president\'s son to the post of the prime minister of the republic.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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