STEFAN FULE: "THERE IS A NEED FOR PROGRESS IN THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCESS"
Global Post
April 9 2013
Victoria Dementeva; Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmoud
Mammadguliyev met with Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Fule in Brussels today.
Commissioner stressed that domestic developments in Azerbaijan do
have an impact on EU-Azerbaijani relations, APA reports quoting the EU
press centre. He appreciated that the climate in bilateral relations
improved but added that concerns remain about a number of issues on
the domestic political scene in Azerbaijan, especially freedoms of
assembly, expression and media.
The Azerbaijani side voiced an expectation for the partnership between
the EU and Azerbaijan to assume a strategic dimension.
Commissioner Fule stressed that negotiations on visa facilitation
and readmission agreements have advanced very well and negotiations
on an aviation agreement have seen progress since January 2013.
Commissioner Fule also emphasized the need for progress in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict resolution process, stressing as crucial the sides'
restraint on actions and statements that could lead to an escalation.
Mahmoud Mammadguliyev is the head of Azerbaijani delegation in the
negotiations on the Association Agreement between Azerbaijan and EU.
The next round of negotiations will be held today in Brussels.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/asianet/130409/stefan-fule-there-need-progress-the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-resolutio
Global Post
April 9 2013
Victoria Dementeva; Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmoud
Mammadguliyev met with Commissioner for Enlargement and European
Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Fule in Brussels today.
Commissioner stressed that domestic developments in Azerbaijan do
have an impact on EU-Azerbaijani relations, APA reports quoting the EU
press centre. He appreciated that the climate in bilateral relations
improved but added that concerns remain about a number of issues on
the domestic political scene in Azerbaijan, especially freedoms of
assembly, expression and media.
The Azerbaijani side voiced an expectation for the partnership between
the EU and Azerbaijan to assume a strategic dimension.
Commissioner Fule stressed that negotiations on visa facilitation
and readmission agreements have advanced very well and negotiations
on an aviation agreement have seen progress since January 2013.
Commissioner Fule also emphasized the need for progress in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict resolution process, stressing as crucial the sides'
restraint on actions and statements that could lead to an escalation.
Mahmoud Mammadguliyev is the head of Azerbaijani delegation in the
negotiations on the Association Agreement between Azerbaijan and EU.
The next round of negotiations will be held today in Brussels.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/asianet/130409/stefan-fule-there-need-progress-the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-resolutio