EU Commissioner Stated of Possible Progress in Karabakh Settlement in Near FutureDecember 5, 2005 - 16:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "In the near future we will be able to witness progress in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement process," Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy stated when addressing the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Ljubljana. When commending on the other unsettled conflicts in the South Caucasus the EU Commissioner voiced hope that "Georgia's peaceful program and the Russian-Georgian agreements on fulfilling the Istanbul commitments will secure the progress of conflict settlement processes in the South Ossetia and Abkhazia." She also noted that the European Commission intends to sign Action Plans with Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan within the European Neighborhood Policy, reported Mediamax.Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |