Kazinform, Kazakhstan
Dec 10 2004

Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia meet in Brussels

Baku. December 10. KAZINFORM. On the eve of the Euro Atlantic
Partnership Council /EAPC/ session in Brussels, Foreign Ministers of
Azerbaijan and Armenia met in presence of the OSCE Minsk Group
Co-Chairs to discuss on the base of the so-called “Prague process”
the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
announced, AzerTaj reports. Addressing the EAPC session participants,
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov expressed the need
to further develop political dialogue with NATO allies and partners
to strengthen security in the region.
“Security Cooperation between NATO and Partners in the South Caucasus
will enhance the prospects for tackling the complex problems of the
region”, he said.
He also touched the illegal settling of ethnic Armenians in the
occupied territories saying “transfer of settlers into the occupied
territories runs counter to sincere and serious negotiations,”
Speaking of the successful cooperation of Azerbaijan with the
Northern Atlantic Alliance, Minister Mammadyarov focused on
Azerbaijan’s active involvement in the peacemaking operations in
Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the international coalition in
Iraq.
“There has been very good progress on cooperation not only in the
military sphere.
Border security, science, environment, civil emergency and public
affairs represent new developing areas of partnership between
Azerbaijan and NATO,” he continued.
In Brussels, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov also met with Foreign
Minister of France Michel Barnier, European Union Foreign Policy
Chief Javier Solana and EU Special Representative on South Caucasus
Heike Talvitie.