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US-Azerbaijan dialog on information technology to be held
The US and Azerbaijan are preparing for a high-rank bilateral dialog on information technology, which will be held in Baku next month. TURAN's correspondent reports that a senior US diplomat announced this information on Thursday in Washington DC.
Ambassador Philip Verveer, deputy assistant secretary of state and the US coordinator for international communications and information policy at the State Department, stated at Carnegie Foundation discussions that international policy experts will convene in Baku on November 5-6 for the seventh annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The main theme for the forum will be 'Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development'.
US-Azerbaijan bilateral dialog will also be held on November 6th, at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Communications. Cybersecurity to International Telecommunication regulations and other topics will be the discussed during the dialog.
An Azerbaijani Embassy representative speaking at the event assured the auditorium that "there will be no problem with getting a visa to the IGF, as the Azeri government considers it a "particular case".
"Everyone who wants to attend the event, can apply for a visa either at the Azeri embassies, or at the Baku airport. But first, they have to register for the event through the IGF website and make sure that they receive confirmation", Embassy representative Nargiz Gurbanova said.
As a host country, Azerbaijan is one of the main sponsors of the forum. However, information on how much Baku will spend for the conference wasn't available. -25В-
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- 5 October 2012 17:08
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