Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with Johannes Hahn, European Union Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, during the Munich Security Conference on Friday, Trend reports referring to the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan.

The first round of negotiations on the Agreement on Extended Partnership and Cooperation (EPC) between Uzbekistan and the EU was held in Tashkent on February 4-7.

The 17th meeting of the Kazakhstan-EU Cooperation Committee was held in Brussels, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan reports.

The existing level of cooperation between the European Union and Azerbaijan requires the European Parliament to abandon double standards in the policy towards Azerbaijan and pursue a policy that meets the interests of both parties, Azerbaijani MP Rauf Aliyev told Trend.

Despite Armenia’s concern, EU is not in a hurry to ratify the Comprehensive and Expanded Partnership Agreement.

Regular consultations on a comprehensive agreement on strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the EU will be held in the near future, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammad-Guliyev told Trend Jan.12.

The Armenian authorities continue weakening their positions not only in Russia, but also in the West.

The European Union recognizes Azerbaijan as its main trading partner, head of the EU delegation in Azerbaijan Kestutis Jankauskas said Dec. 21 at a meeting with President of Azerbaijan’s National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Academician Akif Alizade, Trend reports.

Kyrgyzstan and EU discussed key aspects of cooperation, in particular, negotiations were held on a draft new agreement on expanded partnership.

EU is ready to provide Uzbekistan with the opportunity to supply more than 6,200 types of goods to the European market without duties, Uzbek media reports.