POLITICS
AZERBAIJAN ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO COOPERATION WITH EU
He described the successful cooperation of Azerbaijan with such international organizations as European Union, Council of Europe, NATO including the country’s participation in the EU’s “new neighborhood” program as a graphic evidence of integration into the European structures.
Minister Mammadyarov also dwelt on the large-scale energy projects implemented in the country He noted that Azerbaijan’s oil would be delivered through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipeline to the European markets, that would lead to further expanding of the country’s cooperation with European countries in energy sector.
Touching upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Minister drew the delegation members’ attention to illegal activities carried out lately in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, pointing in particular to illegal settling of ethnic Armenians on those areas. The international community should express its resolute stance on the issue, he said.
The parties also spoke of democratic reforms implemented in Azerbaijan and discussed a number of other issues of mutual interest.