February 20, 2007 - 18:50 AMT
Close cooperation of South Caucasian countries to increase their attraction for EU
In the framework of his visit to Baku EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby had meetings with European Integration Committee and Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement Council members. At the meetings issues of Azerbaijan's European integration, as well as the problem of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict were discussed. The special representative was introduced to activities of these NGOs.

Touching upon the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, Peter Semneby underlined though the European Union is not involved in the negotiation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Action Plan in the framework of European Neighborhood Policy signed between the European Union and Azerbaijan, also indicates ways to solve the conflict. "In case of close regional cooperation the South Caucasian states can particularly become attractive for the European Union," P. Semneby stressed. European Commission's special envoy to Azerbaijan Alan Vaddams was also present at the meetings.