EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council improves European neighbourhood policy

The EU-Azerbaijan Cooperation Council will concentrate on implementing the European neighbourhood policy. This decision was made at the 11th meeting of the Council, Trend reports.

The meeting was participated in by deputy foreign minister of Azerbaijan Makhmud Mamedukliyev, state foreign minister of Hungary Zsolt Nemeth, European commissioner on extending neighbourhood policy Stefan Fule and the special representative of the EU in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby.

The parties discussed problems of cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan, including of Azerbaijan entering the WTO. The EU expects Azerbaijan to continue democratic processes. The participants discussed partnership in the sphere of energy.

The Cooperation Council studied the current stage of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The EU is satisfied with the ongoing dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia.