MAIN SUBJECT OF EU-RUSSIA DIALOGUE TO COVER SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT

Azeri Press Agency
04 Jul 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva-APA. Next stage of EU-Russia dialogue will
be held in Brussels today, APA reports.

Priorities of the negotiations will be Russia-EU cooperation on
the settlement of "frozen" conflicts. The sides will consider
solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict within the framework of OSCE
MG. France, which presently chairs EU, is one of the OSCE MG co-chair
countries. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner responsible for
External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy will lead EU
delegation, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will chair
Russian delegation during the negotiations.