POLITICS
AZERBAIJANI FM ADDRESS ENP CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov, who is in Brussels for a working visit, addressed the European Commission-initiated European Neighbourhood Policy Conference "Working Together - Strengthening the European Neighbourhood". He welcomed the Europe’s Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and stressed a need for strengthening cooperation within the framework of the ENP. According to Minister Mammadyarov, EU-Azerbaijan Action Plan was included into the strategy of reforms in the country.
During his Brussels trip, E. Mammadyarov met with Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy. The sides discussed the present state of EU-Azerbaijan cooperation and exchanged their views on the bilateral relations.
E. Mammadyarov had bilateral meetings with the Czech and Estonian Foreign Ministers. On September 3, Minister Mammadyarov met with OSCE Minsk Group French and Russian co-chairs to discuss present state of talks on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and co-chairs’ upcoming visit to the region in Mid-September.