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Miguel Angel Moratinos: â€œâ€Europe is willing to find solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict using all its diplomatic influenceâ€

02 March 2010 20:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Viktoria Dementyeva â€“ APA. During the meeting between Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammedyarov and EU President, Foreign Minister of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos discussed were Nagorno Karabakh conflict, security, as well as energy security issues in Eastern Partnership project, Elmar Mammedyarov told during the press conference on the outcomes of the meeting between his Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos.

Miguel Angel Moratinos also noted his meetings with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar mammedyarov to be beneficial and productive. During his meetings Spanish FM held discussions on energy issues, as well as Nabucco project. He said it was his second visit to Azerbaijan, while for the first time he visited this country as the OSCE chairman. â€œThis visit may be an EU signal on Caucasus and especially on Azerbaijan. Current visit clearly shows EUâ€™s interest on Azerbaijanâ€, Spanish FM said. He also pointed out EUâ€™s effective cooperation with Azerbaijan in energy field.

Touching the solution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict Spanish FM said he backed the OSCE Minsk Groupâ€™s activity: â€œSome people are calling Nagorno Karabakh conflict â€œfrozenâ€ or â€œprolongedâ€. But I would like to call this conflict â€œsolvedâ€ one.â€ I hope if the two sides show constructiveness the conflict will find its solution soon.

This conflict has been long enough prolonged. Concluding my visits to both Azerbaijan and Armenia I can say if the possible opportunities are used the problem will be solved.

Obviously, in its turn as a new Europe we are willing to achieve solution of the conflict using all the diplomatic influence of Europe. Moreover, I would like to note that the Eastern Partnership program can only help to solve this conflict as the both sides are involved in this program.