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Adrian Severin: â€œSelf-determination principle covers peoples, but not ethnic minoritiesâ€

30 April 2008 16:16 (UTC +04:00)

Press-service of the foreign ministry told APA, the guest said Azerbaijan was not only oil and gas producer, it was an important country for the European Union for its geopolitical location, dynamic economic development and as a possible contributor for the EU-Central Asian cooperation. Mammadyarov has agreed with that and said first report on Azerbaijan fulfilling the Action Plan for European Neighborhood Policy has been already prepared and integration process into Europe caused positive progress in a number of fields in the country. He urged to research opportunities for the establishing of GUAM friendship group in the European parliament. Then the sides exchanged opinions on the Nagorno Karabakh problem and condemned occupation of Azerbaijani lands and said that veiling of Armenian ethnic cleansing policy with the principle of self-determination was unacceptable. Romanian parliamentarian said that self-determination principle covered the peoples, but not the ethnic minorities and Armenian people are self-determined within Armenia. It was emphasized at the meeting to increase knowledge of members of the European Parliament about Azerbaijan, to organize their visits to Azerbaijan and to provide Lobbyist activity.