Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 3 2008
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister: Armenia’s new leadership should be
convinced that earlier solution to the conflict is good for them
[ 03 May 2008 15:49 ]
Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
received President of European Court of Human Rights Jean-Paul Costa,
Foreign Ministry’s press service told APA.
Jean-Paul Costa said that European Court of Human Rights faced some
difficulties and needed support of the member states, as the number of
the applications to the court increased and underlined the necessity
of cooperating with Azerbaijan in this field. Jean-Paul Costa also
highly appreciated Azerbaijan’s rapid economic growth and cooperation
with the European organizations.
Elmar Mammadyarov noted that integration into European institutions
was the priority of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy and main orientation
for the country’s further development and underlined the possible role
of European court in carrying out reforms in the country. The minister
also spoke about the conflict with Armenia and noted that this
aggression contradicted the commitments undertaken by Armenia
vis-Ã -vis the European institutions and European Code of Good
Administrative Behavior. The minister said Armenia’s new leadership
should be convinced that earlier solution to the conflict was good for
them and noted that there was a need for the help of international
organizations on this issue.
Cooperation with democratic institutions, rule of law and democratic
values and other issues of mutual interest were also discussed during
the meeting.