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Benita Ferrero-Waldner: â€œAzerbaijan and Armenia can resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict only peacefullyâ€

21 January 2009 10:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Lachin Sultanovaâ€“APA. Azerbaijanâ€™s Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov and EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero Waldner held discussions over the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Eastern Partnership Initiative and Nabucco project, APA reports. Elmar Mammadyarov said at the press conference held after one-hour meeting that he informed the EU Commissioner about the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and they exchanged opinions about the European Commissionâ€™s actions after the restoration of Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity. â€œWe also reviewed the priorities of the Eastern Partnership Initiativeâ€.

Ferrero-Waldner stated that Azerbaijan and Armenia could resolve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict only peacefully. She expressed her hopefulness for the meeting of the presidents in Davos and called on the heads of states to find a compromise. The Commissioner said the Eastern Partnership Program considered bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the participant-countries. â€œThe European Union will sign associative agreements with six countries, which will extend the political and economic cooperation, ease the visa procedures and make the energy producers and consumers closerâ€.

Ferrero-Waldner also expressed opinion about ban of foreign FM radio broadcasting in Azerbaijan. She was informed at the meeting with Mammadyarov that there are technical points about this issue in the Azerbaijanâ€™s legislation passed through the Council of Europeâ€™s expertise. â€œThe Minister told me that Azerbaijan is ready for dialogue on this issueâ€. Ferero-Waldner said she was hopeful for positive solution to this issue.