EU COMMISSIONER: I FULLY SUPPORT THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF AZERBAIJAN

Azeri Press Agency
Sept 17 2008
Azerbaijan

Baku. Tamara Grigoryeva – APA. "I fully support the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan and a negotiated, peaceful solution to
the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh," said Commissioner for External
Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner at
the meeting with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
in Brussels.

"The recent armed conflict in the region has shown again that the use
of force does not contribute to such a solution. Political dialogue,
confidence building measures and negotiations are the only feasible
ways to solving such protracted conflicts. I am committed to our close
cooperation with Azerbaijan and the countries of the Caucasus region
in order to achieve political and economic stability which is in the
interest of all of us," said Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

Press service of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan told APA the meeting
focused on the situation in the South Caucasus, the bilateral
cooperation on energy and the strengthening of the relationship
between the European Union and Azerbaijan, including in the framework
of the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy Action
Plan. Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov
paid special attention to the impact of the August events on the
South Caucasus region and the perspectives for a peaceful settlement
of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.