FM OF AZERBAIJAN MEETS EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON S. CAUCASUS
The sides had a comprehensive exchange of views on the issues of the present status of the Azerbaijan-EU relations, the negotiation processes on settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, regional relations, the large-scale economic and transport projects being realized in region.
In the discussions related to the Azerbaijan-EU relations, focused was the process of negations on the Plan of Activity for Azerbaijan in the frames of the Organization’s New Neighborhood Policy, and especially were discussed the co-op opportunities in the energy sphere.
Noting, Azerbaijan is not only the source of energy, but also the transit country, Minister Mammadyarov said the integration to reach the European markets is priority in state policy of Republic. It is also of great importance form the national security standpoint, he stressed.
In meeting, also touched were issues of energy safety, support for the final document adopted by G8 on the problems of global energy safety.
Speaking of the negotiations on peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Mr. Semnebey stated expressed hope for peace achievement with the help of mutual trust steps.
‘Azerbaijan adheres the negotiations to be continued in the frame of Prague process’, the Minister said. ‘The occupied territories should be freed, the refugees and IDPs return to their homelands. But the unconstructive position of Armenia impedes it’, he underlined. The Minister called the mass fire set in the occupied areas by Armenians as ecological catastrophe. ‘Should these fires be eliminated by Azerbaijan or with the mediation of the OSCE, it would contribute mutual trust actions’, Mammadyarov stressed.
Peter Semnebey promised to lift the question in Brussels, and stressed necessity to stop the fires.
In the meeting, also discussed were a range of questions of mutual interest.
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