EU COMMISSIONER URGES PEACE SETTLEMENT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

Trend News Agency
Sept 17 2008
Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, 17 September /Trend News corr. R.Novruzov/ European
Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy
Benita Ferrero-Waldner said the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be
settled peacefully, Spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry
Khazar Ibrahim said in a telephone conversation from Brussels on
17 September.

"I completely support the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and
negotiated peace settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The late
armed conflict in the region demonstrated once more that application of
force does not promote conflict settling," European Commissioner said
at the meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov,
who is now visiting Brussels.

Bilateral energy cooperation and strengthening of relations between
European Union and Azerbaijan within the European Neighbourhood Policy
action plan was discussed at the meeting.