Baku, Trend news agency – The European Union (EU) is ready to accept any agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia that would resolve the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict (Armenia occipies 20% of Azerbaijan territory), Trend has quoted the EU special representative in the South Caucasus, Heikki Talvitie, as saying at a news conference today at the end of his two-day visit to Azerbaijan (27-29 October).
The EU is interested in the establishment of fair peace between the two countries and is ready to help them achieve this, he said.
Talvitie added that the EU is interested in a bilateral dialogue between the parties to the conflict and the settlement process within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group. He also dismissed media reports that the EU had prepared suggestions on the conflict.
“Our job is to render assistance to the conflicting parties,” the envoy said.
The diplomat expressed his satisfaction with the visit to Azerbaijan and the negotiations held with the authorities and opposition. He said the talks had mainly focused on the EU’s New Neighbourhood policy.
In his meeting with the chairman of the Azerbaijani Central Electoral Commission, Talvitie gave some recommendations on the forthcoming municipal and parliamentary elections in the country. The EU representative spoke highly about the intention of opposition parties to stand in the municipal elections.
Touching on the court system in Azerbaijan, Talvitie said the work of the judicial system should be developed in all the three regional countries. He said it was necessary to make it independent. Attempts are being made in Azerbaijan to reverse this process and these attempts should be stopped, he said.
He also said a report would be prepared on the organization’s cooperation with the South Caucasus countries, including Azerbaijan.
“It will be a constructive report and we will try to reflect everything in an objective way,” Talvitie said.
While in Baku, Heikki Talvitie met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and ambassadors of EU member-states.
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