EDWARD NALBANDYAN: AZERBAIJAN’S APPROACH ON EXCLUSION OF COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA WITHIN FRAMES OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE IS SHORTSIGHTED

ArmInfo
2009-10-29 14:40:00

ArmInfo. ‘Unfortunately, not everybody share the Pan-European approach
on establishment of cooperation in the region. Azerbaijan made the
strategy on exclusion of cooperation with Armenia within the frames
of this initiative operational even at the preparatory stage of the
Eastern Partnership programme, as well as during the first meetings. I
think this is a shortsighted approach which must receive corresponding
estimation by our European partners’, Foreign Minister of Armenia
Edward Nalbandyan said today.

He said that from the date of declaration of independence to this day,
the European direction is one of the priorities of Armenia’s foreign
policy. ‘We attach special importance to development of both bilateral
and multilateral relations with EU. EU is an important partner for
Armenia in both economy and politics, as well as in the context
of internal reformations’, the minister said. He emphasized that
the political dialogue, which has been actively developing during
the latest years, entered a new level with adoption of the Eastern
Partnership programme which envisages not only deepening of Armenia-EU
relations but also opens new opportunities for cooperation among
six partner-countries. ‘In this context, EU has a certain potential
for stimulation of cooperation among the South Caucasus countries,
and may contribute to establishment of stability and solidarity in
the region’, E. Nalbandyan resumed.