AzerTag, Azerbaijan
Feb 14 2008

AZERBAIJAN’S FM MEETS FRENCH COUNTERPART

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov met
Thursday with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Paris.
According to spokesman of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Khazar
Ibrahim, the one-hour meeting discussed energy security and regional
stability and security.
On Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Mammadyarov
said the problem must be settled on the base of international legal
norms and principles, including the principle of territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan.
He stressed the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a huge threat to
regional stability and security. Mammadyarov said as OSCE Minsk
group`s co-chairing country, France must be more active in achieving
soonest possible resolution of the conflict.
The sides also discussed the European Neighborhood Policy and
bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and France.
On February 15, Elmar Mammadyarov will meet French co-chairman of the
OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier.