Conflicts in BSEC area affect region’s dev't - Azerbaijani deputy FM
By Trend
Conflicts in the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) area affect the development of the region, Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev said, Trend reports.
He made the remarks at a press conference following the 39th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the BSEC member states in Baku Dec. 14.
“We don’t solve political issues within the BSEC, because it is an economic organization,” he said, answering the question whether the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict’s issue was discussed with a representative of Armenia, who participated in the BSEC meeting.
Speaking about the recently adopted resolution of the European Parliament on the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Mammad-Guliyev said that by this resolution, the EU confirmed that Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent districts belong to Azerbaijan.
“The document states that the EU has the same approach to conflicts in the Eastern Partnership region,” he added.