Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
Sept 13 2008

Member of European Parliament Invites Azerbaijan and Armenia to Join
EU to Resolve Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
13.09.08 14:35

Poland, Krynitsa, 13 September/ TrendNews, corr V. Sharifov/ The
European Union can solve problem in Caucasus related to the Armenian
`Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, member of European Parliament
from Lithuania Vitautas Landsbergis said.

`Only EU can reconcile Azerbaijan and Armenia in the issue of
Nagorno-Karabakh,’ said Landsbergis, who took part in 18th economic
forum in Polish city of Krynitsa.

Landsbergis sees the way out of the long-drawn conflict between
Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh in the admission to EU
which includes 27 states at present.

`If Azerbaijan and Armenia will join EU, there will be no problems as
in fact, there will be no borders between the two countries,’
Landsbergis, ex-president of Lithuania said.

He said, however, admission of Azerbaijan and Armenia to EU will not
take place any time soon.

`But Russia will not let solve the problem in this way. It contradicts
Russia’s interests,’ he said in seminar EU-South Caucasus: Perspective
Spheres of Economic Cooperation held within the framework of forum.