E.Mammadyarov: Azerbaijan for strategic partnership with the EU
Baku/27.01.14/Turan : Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Elmar Mammadyarov, received the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Philippe Lefort, to mark the completion of his mission.
During the meeting they discussed expansion of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU. Mammadyarov noted the importance of establishing strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the EU, and also spoke about the results of his meetings in Paris on 23-24 January with Armenian Foreign Minister and OSCE Minsk Group.
Azerbaijani Minister Lefort wished success in his future work, the press service of the Foreign Ministry.—06D—
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