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Elmar Mammadyarov met with the EU High Representative

14 May 2018 19:27 (UTC +04:00)

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini within his visit to Brussels, the press service of the Ministry told APA

The sides exchanged views on the development of relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union.

Minister Elmar Mammadyarov underlined once again that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to the development of relations with the European Union and touched upon issues of cooperation in energy, transport, trade, humanitarian and other areas of mutual interest.

The sides noted the constructive nature of the negotiations on the agreement on cooperation between the European Union and Azerbaijan and expressed their confidence that this agreement will give impetus to the new level of relations and comprehensive development.

During the meeting Mammadyarov spoke about the process of the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and added that he will meet in Paris on May 15 with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.

The Minister highly appreciated the EU's position on supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.

The meeting exchanged views on regional issues and issues on the international agenda.