Azerbaijan's envoy refutes reports on failure to sign documents at “Eastern Partnership”
Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev said
the information published by various media about Azerbaijan's
refusal to sign any documents at the "Eastern Partnership" summit
is "speculation", and not to pay attention to it.
The third summit of "Eastern Partnership" countries will be held in
Vilnius on November 28-29.
"We will definitely sign the visa facilitation agreement,"
Mammadguliyev told Trend on November 20.
The parties (Azerbaijan and the EU) are also preparing to sign an
agreement on strategic partnership in a number of spheres,
including a mobility partnership (a special type of partnership of
the EU regarding labor migration policy), a protocol about
expansion of Azerbaijan's participation in EU programs and so
on.
According to the Deputy Minister, if before the beginning of the
summit the parties have time to agree on these documents, they will
be signed in Vilnius. If not, they will be signed later.
When asked about the final declaration of the summit, Mammadguliyev
said that currently its text is being agreed on.
Earlier, Mammadguliyev said that the summit must take a serious
attitude towards regional conflicts.
"This should be reflected in the final declaration of the summit.
Secondly, the next summit should have decisions adopted, that will
make our cooperation with the EU much more noticeable to the
Azerbaijani population," the deputy minister said.
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