UK DIPLOMAT: CRISIS IN EU NOT TO AFFECT NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY
Pan Armenian News
27.06.2005 03:59
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The UK as representative of the EU President
realizes the significance of the European Neighborhood Policy
(ENP) as a factor stimulating the development of democratic norms
and integration of Azerbaijan into the international community, US
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Laurie Bristow stated. Drawing attention to
the ongoing crisis in the EU caused by the debate on adoption of the
EU Constitution the Ambassador stressed that “independently of the
situation the EU should not limit itself to the settlement of inner
problems.” Gradual integration of the new neighbors into the EU should
be at the heart of the ENP. To adopt the program the EU experts will
arrive in Azerbaijan with a draft, which will serve as a basis for
Azerbaijan’s further integration into the European structures”,
Mr. Bristow noted. To remind, June 14, 2004 the EU Council decided
to include the South Caucasian states in the ENP.