KARABAKH CONFLICT CAN BE SOLVED ONLY PEACEFULLY: ARMENIAN FM
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July 20 2009
Azerbaijan
"Armenia will continue its foreign policy line to come closer to the
European family."
Armenian President Edward Nalbandyan said after talks with the
EU Troika delegation led by Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt
in Yerevan.
European Union Troika delegation led Swedish Foreign Minister Karl
Bildt arrived in Yerevan on Monday. The delegation is expected to meet
with President Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan.
"Armenia will continue its foreign policy of rcarapprochement with
the European family and intends to implement necessary steps and
reforms on this track," the minister said.
He said the negotiations focused a wide range of issues related
to th Armenia-EU relations, directions of expanding and deepening
cooperation, as well as in the direction of joint action.
"The cooperation between Armenia and EU is diverse. We work in
a variety of formats and on various programs, in particular,
the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation Policy and European
Neighborhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership," Nalbandyan said.
He also briefed on the process of settlement of the Karabakh conflict,
the results of the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
that took place two days ago and confirmed Yerevan’s principled
approach on solution of the problem which implies that the conflict
can be resolved only by peaceful means.