Malena Mard: Azerbaijan is regional leader in twinnigs

Azerbaijan is a leader in the region in cooperation in twinnigs with the EU, the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan Malena Mard said on the sidelines of a conference in Baku devoted to the 10th anniversary of launching EU's twinning projects in Azerbaijan.

“We are celebrating the 10 years anniversary of twinning in Azerbaijan and I think the results have been very positive for the EU and Azerbaijan,” Mard told reporters April 7.

"The EU have implemented or are implementing 45 twinnings in Azerbaijan, including in statistics, environment, social issues. I believes that it shows a great interest of the EU and Azerbaijan in the cooperation," the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza cited her as saying.

“Twinnings have very  good results in the strengthening cooperation in different areas. We are benefiting both the EU and Azerbaijan from our colleagues gaining knowledge from each other about very specific areas,” she stressed.

Baku is holding a conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of launching EU’s twinning projects in Azerbaijan.