FERRERO-WALDNER MEETS AZERI FOREIGN MINISTER

European Report
September 18, 2008

The meeting of External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner
with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, on 16 September
in Brussels, focused on the situation in the South Caucasus, bilateral
cooperation on energy and strengthening of the relationship between
the EU and Azerbaijan, including in the framework of the implementation
of the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan. Ferrero-Waldner and
Mammadyarov paid special attention to the perspectives for a peaceful
settlement of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Commissioner
Ferrero-Waldner said: "I fully support the territorial integrity
of Azerbaijan and a negotiated, peaceful solution to the conflict
over Nagorno-Karabakh. 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".