PETER SEMNEBY TO VISIT AZERBAIJAN THIS MONTH

Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Oct 4 2007

Peter Semneby, special representative of the European Union for
the South Caucasus will visit Azerbaijan this month. The special
representative told APA that this is a working visit and he does not
know whether he will leave Baku for Nagorno Karabakh or not.

"I have no concrete plans concerning the visit to Nagorno Karabakh. I
do not want to comment why I did not visit Karabakh in September,"
he said.

Peter Semneby said there is improvement in the relations between
Azerbaijan and European Union.

The special representative noted that the action plan in the framework
of European Neighborhood Policy should be approached seriously,
since there still are shortcomings and problems.

"European Union wants Azerbaijan to take concrete steps for removing
these shortcomings," he said.