PanARMENIAN.Net

EU apt to establish stronger institutional relations
with partners in South Caucasus
14.01.2008 16:27 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Unresolved conflicts hamper
establishment of stability in South Caucasus, positive
changes and institutional reformation, EU Envoy for
South Caucasus Peter Semneby said in Yerevan Monday
during an international conference titled Enlarged
Black Sea Region: Prospects of International and
Regional Security.

`Despite economic progress, there are problems that
proceed from economically unfavorable conditions and
are directly tied to security issues,’ he said

`The hardships are conditioned by existence of closed
borders between Russia and Georgia as well as Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Turkey. The region will be eyed as unit
only when reforms in human rights and freedom of
speech are carried out in all states,’ he said.

In this view Mr Semneby noted that the EU proceeded to
establishment of stronger institutional relations with
partners in the region and development of cooperation
with Russia and Turkey.

`These are our initial but long-term steps,’ he noted,
Novosti Armenia reports.