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GARABAGH CONFLICT HURDLE TO EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: GERMAN FM
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The unresolved status of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict complicates European Union integration for the entire
South Caucasus region, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
said after meeting his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Berlin
Wednesday. He called on the parties to the conflict to accept the
needed compromises to reach peace.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included bilateral ties,
economic relations and Azerbaijan's integration into NATO.
In a news conference after the meeting, the ministers praised the level
of ties between the two countries. Mammadyarov said the Azeri-German
trade turnover has doubled over the past few years, saying Germany
is the largest partner of Azerbaijan in Western Europe.
Steinmeier said energy issues were in focus during the discussions
as well. "Azerbaijan, as an energy exporting and transit country,
plays a special role in ensuring European energy security. It is a
reliable and important partner of Europe in this respect," the German
official said.
Assa-Irada, Azerbaijan
July 6 2006
Baku, July 5, AssA-Irada
The unresolved status of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno)
Garabagh conflict complicates European Union integration for the entire
South Caucasus region, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
said after meeting his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Berlin
Wednesday. He called on the parties to the conflict to accept the
needed compromises to reach peace.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included bilateral ties,
economic relations and Azerbaijan's integration into NATO.
In a news conference after the meeting, the ministers praised the level
of ties between the two countries. Mammadyarov said the Azeri-German
trade turnover has doubled over the past few years, saying Germany
is the largest partner of Azerbaijan in Western Europe.
Steinmeier said energy issues were in focus during the discussions
as well. "Azerbaijan, as an energy exporting and transit country,
plays a special role in ensuring European energy security. It is a
reliable and important partner of Europe in this respect," the German
official said.