Published October 06,2023
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Azerbaijan is “strategically important” to keep up the EU‘s vitality independence, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban mentioned on Friday.
On the best way to the casual assembly of EU leaders within the Spanish metropolis of Granada, Orban underlined that “Azerbaijan is a key country, without Azerbaijan we cannot have energy independence.”
He mentioned that with out Azerbaijan’s fuel provide, the EU wouldn’t have the ability to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels.
For his half, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, instructed reporters that he invited leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to carry talks in Brussels later in October and that each of them have accepted the invitation.
Michel vowed to “work very hard to make progress in the field of the normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia.”
He burdened that the EU “has no hidden agenda” when it mediates between the 2 international locations.
The EU needs to work for a “prosperous and stable” South Caucasus and can use all of the diplomatic instruments “to encourage both leaders to make an agreement” on the normalization of the connection.
The settlement should be based mostly on the mutual recognition of one another’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, Michel added.
On the sidelines of the summit of the European Political Community, a pan-European platform with the participation of over 40 leaders, Michel held a gathering on Wednesday with leaders from Armenia, Germany, and France to debate the most recent developments within the South Caucasus.
Azerbaijan was additionally invited however President Ilham Aliyev determined to not attend the assembly in protest because of the French authorities’s current actions.
Hikmat Hajiyev, international coverage advisor of the Azerbaijani president, mentioned Baku had proposed the participation of Türkiye and Spain in a planning assembly, however that proposal was rejected by France.
Hajiyev underlined that Azerbaijan continues to be open to talks in Brussels, within the format of the EU, Azerbaijan and Armenia, which might be facilitated by Michel.
“At the same time, Azerbaijan supports direct and bilateral dialogue and negotiations on the process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the peace treaty talks,” he wrote on social media.
Azerbaijan regained full management over its territory of Karabakh final month after taking counter-terrorism actions, which resulted within the give up of unlawful armed teams, ending a decades-long battle.
Authorities have repeatedly mentioned that they’ll defend the rights and make sure the safety of the Armenian residents in Karabakh, in accordance with Azerbaijan’s legislation.
Michel, who presides over conferences of EU leaders and represents the bloc in worldwide affairs, has made important diplomatic efforts for reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan following their battle in 2020.
Relations between the previous Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian navy occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also called Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan.
Source: www.anews.com.tr