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Last Updated : January 08, 2001

 

AFGHANISTAN

(Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan)

awaiting

Mullah Abdul Wakil Muttawakil - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born :

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 27 October 1999)

International organization participation : AsDB, CP, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WToO

 

ARMENIA

(Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun)

Vartan Oskanyan - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1955

Party : HHK (Hayastani Hanrapetakan Kusaktsutyun / Republican Party of Armenia)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 9 April 1998)

International organization participation : BSEC, CCC, CE (guest), CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

 

AZERBAIJAN

(Azarbaycan Respublikasi)

awaiting

Vilayat Guliyev - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 18 May 1954 in Tbilissi, Georgia

Party : YAP (Yeni Azerbaycan Partiyasi / New Azerbaijan Party)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 26 October 1999)

International organization participation : BSEC, CCC, CE (guest), CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ITU, NAM (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)

GEORGIA

(Sak'art'velo)

awaiting

Irakli Menagharishvili - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1951, in Tbilissi

Education : 1974 - Graduated from Tbilissi Medical Institute. Faculty of Therapy.

Party : SMK (Sak'art'velos Mokalaketa Kavshiri / Citizens' Union of Georgian, centrist)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 15 December 1995)

International organization participation : BSEC, CCC, CE (guest), CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

KAZAKHSTAN

(Qazaqstan Respublikasy)

awaiting

Yerlan Idrisov - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1959

Party : OTAN (Republican Party of the Country)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1999)

International organization participation : AsDB, CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

KYRGYZSTAN

(Kyrgyz respublikasy)

Muratbek Imanaliyev - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born :

Party : (non-partisans, loyal to the president)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1 July 1997)

International organization participation : AsDB, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMSIL, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,WToO, WTrO

MONGOLIA

(Mongol Uls)

Luvsangiyn Erdenechuluun - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1948, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Education : Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Russia.

Party : MAKN (Mongol Ardyn Khuv'sgatt Nam / People's Revolutionary Party of Mongolia)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since July 09, 2000)

International organization participation : AsDB, ASEAN (observer), CCC, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

TAJIKISTAN

(Jumhurii Tojikiston)

awaiting

Talbak Nazarov - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1935

Party : HDKT (Hizbi Demokrati-Khalkii Tojikston / People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1994)

International organization participation : CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, IOC, IOM, ITU, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO (observer)

TURKMENISTAN

(Turkmenistan)

Batyr Berdiyev - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born :

Party : TDP (Democratic Party of Turkmenistan - only allowed party)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since July 28, 2000)

International organization participation : CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDB, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), IOC, IOM (observer), ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (observer)

UZBEKISTAN

(Uzbekiston Respublikasi)

Abdulaziz Komilov - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Born : 1947

Party : CDP (Chalk Demokratik Partijasi / Democratic People's Party, communist)

(Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1994)

International organization participation : AsDB, CCC, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, ECO, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)

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