EU TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS
news.az
April 29 2010
Azerbaijan
Stefan Fule The EU will seek to step up its support for the
Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule
said yesterday.
He was speaking at the European Parliament on the outcome of his
recent trips to the South Caucasus countries and Ukraine.
The negotiating directives for Association Agreements with the South
Caucasus countries will be presented for formal adoption at the Foreign
Affairs Council on 10 May, the EU commissioner for enlargement and
European neighbourhood policy said.
‘This will pave the way for the EU side to prepare for the launch
of negotiations. These Agreements will allow for close political
association between each of the partners in the South Caucasus and
the EU, building on common values and shared principles.’
Sharing his impressions of the trips to the South Caucasus countries,
Stefan Fule said that throughout his trip to the region he felt
the presence of regional tension and the effects of armed conflict
which had had such a dramatic impact on people’s lives. He said he
appreciated in particular the opportunities to speak to internally
displaced persons in Georgia and Azerbaijan.
‘In my meetings I conveyed that the EU’s overall goal for the region
is a stable, secure and prosperous South Caucasus.’