Friday, June 25 2021 17:47

ArmInfo.On June 25, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg,  Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and a European  Union delegation that visited Azerbaijan mandated by EU High  Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President  of the European Commission, Josep Borrell.

At a meeting with European ministers, Ilham Aliyev highly assessed  this visit, noting that this is a good indicator of cooperation, the  involvement of the European Union and its members in regional issues.

He recalled that he signed and adopted documents and agreements on  strategic partnership with 9 EU member states. "I think this is a  very great achievement of our country, because we are talking about  three quarters of the member states, and this demonstrates a broad  framework of cooperation that encompasses many areas of mutual  interest and significance. Three years ago, we initialed a document  with the European Union on priorities of partnership, supporting the  territorial integrity, sovereignty, inviolability of the  internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan, "Aliyev said,  AzerTac reports.

According to the Azerbaijani leader, this was a very important step  towards the negotiation of a new comprehensive agreement.

"As far as I understand, your visit to the region is dedicated to the  current situation after the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  In other words, the post-conflict situation is important, because I  think the basic fundamental approaches to the post-conflict situation  will be developed now and over the next year. Azerbaijan's position  is very open and clear, "he said.

According to Aliyev's assurance, he recalled that Azerbaijan wants to  move from a post-conflict state to peacekeeping development and  cooperation in the South Caucasus, which he has repeatedly spoken  about.

And already in the traditional form, he began to shift all the blame  for the current situation onto Armenia, realizing that there was no  Armenian representative at the meeting and there was no one to react  to him.

"Unfortunately, we have not heard anything like this from the  Armenian government so far. The Armenian government ignores our  statements about the start of negotiations on a peace treaty. But  whatever it is, the pre-election situation turned out to be not very  favorable for such statements. Now, after the elections are over in  Armenia, we hope that there will be a positive answer. Of course, I  think that during your contacts in Armenia this issue will also be  discussed, because if we do not have a peace agreement with Armenia,  it means that will be no peace either. There will no peace not only  between the two countries, but also in the South Caucasus. We need  peace and sustainable development, predictability, zero risk of war,  we do not need war. And we did not need war before. We are ready to  turn this page, move forward and make our own contribution to  regional stability, "the president stressed.  

To note, on June 25-26 the "Troika" of ministers is touring the countries of the South Caucasus. The visit is  mandated by EU High Representative  for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European  Commission, Josep Borrell.