APA, Azerbaijan
April 9 2010

EU Commissioner: `I am confident that the process of solution to
Nagorno Karabakh conflict will produce results in the near future’

[ 09 Apr 2010 20:13 ]
Baku. Victoria Dementyeva ` APA. Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
met with Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood
Policy Åtefan Füle within the framework of his visit to Azerbaijan,
APA reports.

During the briefing after the meeting, Mammadyarov stated that
Azerbaijan- EU relations, further enhancement of these ties, next
steps to be taken within the framework of the Eastern Partnership
program and Nagorno Karabakh problem were in the focus of attention at
the talks. The Minister updated the guest about the Nagorno Karabakh
problem: `The position of Azerbaijan is that the sooner progress in
solution process to the conflict, the better it will be for both
sides’

Åtefan Füle in return noted that they had exchanged views on the
upcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan.

Answering the question `Why EU establishes relations with aggressor
Armenia and why it doesn’t impose sanctions on this country?’, the
guest noted that these issues depended on the stage of conducted
negotiations. `As I know, the presidents are very active in this
process. I also met Armenian president in Yerevan some days ago. And I
see that both sides support peaceful solution of the conflict. The
European Union backs up the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group. I am
confident that the process of solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict
will produce results in the near future’.