Domestic

Home page

Domestic

Peter Semneby holds press conference on results of his visit to Azerbaijan

03 June 2008 17:03 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports Peter Semneby said that he had met with President, Foreign Minister, Minister of Industry and Energy, Chairman of Central Election Commission, leaders of opposition, representatives of nongovernmental organizations and diplomats. He said the meetings focused on the forthcoming presidential elections, solution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, state of mass media and energy issues. The Special Representative underlined the importance of the presidential elections and noted that it would be the first elections after Azerbaijan and European Union signed Action Plan.
â€œWe would like the elections to be maximally democratic and free. We would also like to know what we can do for it. Carrying out just election campaign, ensuring freedom of assembly and investigation of election complaints are the most important conditions of normal electionsâ€, he said.
Peter Semneby said the state of mass media was in the focus of attention of the European Union. Touching on energy issues EU representative especially noted his meeting with the ambassador of Turkmenistan.
â€œThe relations with Turkmenistan are of great importance in terms of energy. We will discuss strengthening of cooperation in this field along with Pjer Morel,â€ he said.