POLITICS
Mammadyarov: Azerbaijan is Germany`s largest trade partner in South Caucasus
Baku, June 30, AZERTAC
Azerbaijan is the largest trade partner of Germany in the South Caucasus, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov during a press conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-office, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
“Relations between Azerbaijan and Germany are strengthening.”
He said Azerbaijan presented a project on strategic partnership to the European Union. “Our cooperation with the European Union is also strengthening.”
Mammadyarov said they discussed the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: “We believe that it`s time to start serious work on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This problem must be solved. Azerbaijan demands withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from its occupied territories. Time has come to change current status-quo. The status-quo is fragile,” he added.