Ilham Aliyev: Talks on new EU-Azerbaijan agreement – important step to develop bilateral cooperation - UPDATED

Ilham Aliyev: Talks on new EU-Azerbaijan agreement – important step to develop bilateral cooperation  - <span style="color: red;">UPDATED
# 19 April 2017 11:00 (UTC +04:00)

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Herbert Salber.

Recalling his visit to Belgium, President Ilham Aliyev noted the useful meetings and discussions held within this visit. Stressing that during this visit it was launched negotiations on a new agreement between EU and Azerbaijan, the head of state named it as an important step to develop bilateral cooperation even more, expressed hope the works would be continued actively and end in time.

“‘The sides have reached appropriate common understanding and the conclusion will depend on the process of negotiations”, the president said.

Noting that the priorities of cooperation and partnership between Azerbaijan and EU have been defined long ago, the Azerbaijani president said there are certain experience of signing agreements and memorandums with a number of EU countries.

The president and EU representative had comprehensive exchange of views about the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the situation on the contact line, current state of negotiations for solution to the problem and prospects.

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