October 16, 2001 - 23:32 AMT
OFFICIAL BAKU REFUTES AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN'S DATA THAT AZERI AUTHORITIES INVITED BIN LADEN TO THE COUNTRY
Chief of the Department of Foreign Policy of the machinery of the Azerbaijani President refuted the reports that Azeri authorities had invited founder and leader of "El-Quaide" terrorist organization Usama bin Laden to the country. Let me remind that information agencies have spread data on this making reference to Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor. Officers of U.S. Embassy in Baku refrained from commenting of the Congressman's statement made at the meeting of the subcommittee of the international relations commission of the House of Representatives of the American Parliament.