EU Eastern Partnership initiative needs to be modernized: Azerbaijan
ISTANBUL (AA) – Azerbaijan’s president has said there is a need to modernize the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative, launched in 2009 to foster ties between the bloc and several post-Soviet nations.
In a meeting with the EU’s special envoy for the initiative, Ilham Aliyev said: “With respect to Eastern Partnership, you know that from the very beginning of this program Azerbaijan was very supportive and participated actively in different events, including summits.
“Now, I agree that it is time to modernize it, to review what has been done, because more than a decade has passed since the program was launched,” he told Dirk Schuebel, according to a statement from Aliyev’s office.
The Azerbaijani president received Schuebel to discuss the development of ties between his country and Brussels, as well as Baku’s role in Europe’s energy security and cooperation in transport and communication.
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