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Two European Union commissioners are due to pay their first visits to Azerbaijan within a week, says Roland Kobia, head of the EU delegation to the country.
He told a press conference Tuesday that first, Stefan Fule, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), will arrive in Baku on Friday. Fule will meet with the Azerbaijani president, ministers of foreign affairs and economic development, as well as representatives of political parties and civil society. The agenda of discussions includes EU-Azerbaijan relations and an association agreement that is to be signed within Eastern Partnership, a program that envisions the EU’s closer political, economic and energy cooperation with the three South Caucasus states and three other countries. In conclusion, Fule will visit refugees displaced by an armed conflict with Armenia.
According to Kobia, this will be followed by EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger’s visit, due to begin April 14. Oettinger is expected to meet with the president, ministers of foreign affairs and industry and energy, president of Azerbaijan's state energy firm SOCAR and other energy executives, as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations. During the three-day visit, talks will focus on the Southern Corridor and Nabucco projects.*