Elmar Mammadyarov: "Considerable progress registered in Azerbaijan-EU bilateral cooperation"

Elmar Mammadyarov: "Considerable progress registered in Azerbaijan-EU bilateral cooperation"
# 21 April 2015 02:28 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Malahat Najafova –APA. Azerbaijani FM noted that strategic partnership in the field of energy has evolved considerably thanks to the concrete steps taken by Azerbaijan in the realization of the Southern Gas Corridor: “Groundbreaking ceremonies of the Southern Gas Corridor in Baku and later TANAP in Kars, Turkey was a clear manifestation of Azerbaijan’s strong commitment to bring alternative gas volumes to the European market. Upon the initiative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan H.E. Mr. Ilham Aliyev and with support of Vice-president of the European Commission on Energy Union Mr. Maroš Šefčovič, the first meeting of the Advisory Council of the Southern Gas Corridor was convened in Baku on 12 February 2015. Next meeting is planned to be in Turkey very soon.”

Elmar Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan shares the EU’s dedication to increasing the focus on specific areas of cooperation which partner countries desire to develop: “Economic development, energy, connectivity (transport, ICT and including common aviation area), migration, mobility are in the interests of Azerbaijan to promote in cooperation with EU. Meanwhile, taking note of the EU ambition to promote religious dialogue and cultural diversity in the ENP area, Azerbaijan is extremely keen on sharing its expertise with its lively multicultural environment.

Azerbaijan believes that the flexibility will be exercised easily once both parties manage to fulfil the requirements of previous key pillars. The ENP history has demonstrated that the difficulties to adapt the EU policy towards partners stemmed from the persistent “one-size fits all” policy, miscalculation of individual needs and imposing extreme interdependency between values and interests.

Taking all these into consideration, Azerbaijan reiterates its interest in EU-Azerbaijan cooperation in the spirit of strategic partnership.

In June Azerbaijan will host the first ever European Games – an exciting and innovative new multi-sport event for the continent which will be one of the major sport events in the history of Europe.”

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