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APA, Azerbaijan
July 5 2012
Herman Van Rompuy: `Both Azerbaijan and Armenia need to take decisions
to reach a lasting and peaceful settlement based on the Madrid
principles'
[ 05 Jul 2012 17:25 ]
Baku - APA. `The relations between Azerbaijan and European institutes
develop successfully and this cooperation has a partnership
character', said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the statement
for media following his meeting with President of the European Council
Herman Van Rompuy, APA reports.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European
Council Herman Van Rompuy made statement for media following the
meeting at presence of delegations.
President Aliyev noted that the relation with the European Union cover
economic cooperation, energy security and the other spheres. `We have
strong relations with EU member countries, these relations also rely
on mutual interests' - said the president and underlined that all
these formed the topic of discussions held in Baku.
Azerbaijani President noted that many measures were taken in our
country towards protection of human rights and ensuring the democratic
freedoms.
The Head of State touched on Nagorno Karabakh conflict and said that
Armenia have been holding 20% of Azerbaijani territories under
occupation, more than one million people have been living in refugee
and IDP conditions. Despite decisions and resolutions on liberation of
occupied Azerbaijani territories adopted by the international
organizations, including the UN Security Council, Armenia ignores
these.
President Aliyev expressed satisfaction with the statement of
presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries concerning
the status-quo and spoke about the main energy projects of the region.
`We are the first country that put forward an initiative on delivering
the Caspian Sea's hydrocarbon resources to European and world markets'
- said the Azerbaijani president and noted that our country will
further participate closely in the ensuring the energy security of the
European partners. Speaking about newly-discovered fields,
significance of TANAP project, President Aliyev noted that Azerbaijani
gas is a new source for Europe and world and this project covers the
next decades, maybe the centuries.
President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy expressed
satisfaction with his first visit to Azerbaijan. He said he have seen
many signs of rapid modernization in our country and congratulated
Azerbaijan for the hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in May. He
noted that they had good discussions today and highly assessed
Azerbaijan-European Union relations.
`We have seen an intensification of our relations in various fields.
Our energy cooperation continues to develop fast as an important
positive dimension of our bilateral relationship. The ongoing
negotiations on the Southern Corridor and on the Trans Caspian
Pipeline are of strategic importance to Azerbaijan and the European
Union. In this regard, I welcome that Turkey and Azerbaijan recently
formalized the understanding that they reached on the Transanatolian
Pipeline. There is, however, still a huge potential to develop and
diversify our ties. The activity carried out within Eastern
Partnership program is very successful, we are on track in reaching
the goals set out in the Roadmap in time for the next Eastern
Partnership summit in Vilnius 2013.
Herman Van Rompuy noted that Azerbaijan is a secular society and
underlined that he highly assessed the attitude here to the religious
values and tolerance: `The European Union and the region need a
stable, progressive, and tolerant Azerbaijan committed to democratic
reforms and modernization'.
Speaking about Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the President of the
European Council noted that the progress on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should remain a top priority: `Both
Azerbaijan and Armenia need to take decisions to reach a lasting and
peaceful settlement based on the Madrid principles'
From: A. Papazian
July 5 2012
Herman Van Rompuy: `Both Azerbaijan and Armenia need to take decisions
to reach a lasting and peaceful settlement based on the Madrid
principles'
[ 05 Jul 2012 17:25 ]
Baku - APA. `The relations between Azerbaijan and European institutes
develop successfully and this cooperation has a partnership
character', said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the statement
for media following his meeting with President of the European Council
Herman Van Rompuy, APA reports.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President of the European
Council Herman Van Rompuy made statement for media following the
meeting at presence of delegations.
President Aliyev noted that the relation with the European Union cover
economic cooperation, energy security and the other spheres. `We have
strong relations with EU member countries, these relations also rely
on mutual interests' - said the president and underlined that all
these formed the topic of discussions held in Baku.
Azerbaijani President noted that many measures were taken in our
country towards protection of human rights and ensuring the democratic
freedoms.
The Head of State touched on Nagorno Karabakh conflict and said that
Armenia have been holding 20% of Azerbaijani territories under
occupation, more than one million people have been living in refugee
and IDP conditions. Despite decisions and resolutions on liberation of
occupied Azerbaijani territories adopted by the international
organizations, including the UN Security Council, Armenia ignores
these.
President Aliyev expressed satisfaction with the statement of
presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries concerning
the status-quo and spoke about the main energy projects of the region.
`We are the first country that put forward an initiative on delivering
the Caspian Sea's hydrocarbon resources to European and world markets'
- said the Azerbaijani president and noted that our country will
further participate closely in the ensuring the energy security of the
European partners. Speaking about newly-discovered fields,
significance of TANAP project, President Aliyev noted that Azerbaijani
gas is a new source for Europe and world and this project covers the
next decades, maybe the centuries.
President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy expressed
satisfaction with his first visit to Azerbaijan. He said he have seen
many signs of rapid modernization in our country and congratulated
Azerbaijan for the hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest in May. He
noted that they had good discussions today and highly assessed
Azerbaijan-European Union relations.
`We have seen an intensification of our relations in various fields.
Our energy cooperation continues to develop fast as an important
positive dimension of our bilateral relationship. The ongoing
negotiations on the Southern Corridor and on the Trans Caspian
Pipeline are of strategic importance to Azerbaijan and the European
Union. In this regard, I welcome that Turkey and Azerbaijan recently
formalized the understanding that they reached on the Transanatolian
Pipeline. There is, however, still a huge potential to develop and
diversify our ties. The activity carried out within Eastern
Partnership program is very successful, we are on track in reaching
the goals set out in the Roadmap in time for the next Eastern
Partnership summit in Vilnius 2013.
Herman Van Rompuy noted that Azerbaijan is a secular society and
underlined that he highly assessed the attitude here to the religious
values and tolerance: `The European Union and the region need a
stable, progressive, and tolerant Azerbaijan committed to democratic
reforms and modernization'.
Speaking about Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the President of the
European Council noted that the progress on the settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should remain a top priority: `Both
Azerbaijan and Armenia need to take decisions to reach a lasting and
peaceful settlement based on the Madrid principles'
From: A. Papazian