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    EU WILL AIM TO SUPPORT PEACE EFFORTS SETTLING NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT

    Bernama Malaysian News Agency
    http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld .php?id=494401
    April 29 2010
    Malaysia

    BAKU, April 29 (Bernama) -- The European Union (EU) will aim to
    step up its support to ongoing peace efforts towards settling the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Commissioner for Enlargement and European
    Neighbourhood Police Stefan Fule, Azerbaijan news agency AzerTaC
    reported Thursday.

    The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place
    from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic enclave of
    Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the mostly
    ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia
    against the Republic of Azerbaijan.

    Addressing the European Parliament on the results of his recent trips
    to South Caucasus countries and Ukraine, Fule said: "Throughout my
    trip to the South Caucasus, I felt the presence of regional tension
    and the effects of armed conflict which have so dramatically impacted
    on people's lives.

    "I appreciated in particular the possibilities to speak to internally
    displaced persons in Georgia and in Azerbaijan".

    He added that the conflicts have haunted the South Caucasus for a
    long time, and some actions needed to be taken urgently to stop it,
    so that South Caucasus can stable, secure and prosperous again.

    Touching upon the Association Agreements with the South Caucasus
    countries FUle said the negotiating directives for them will be
    "presented for formal adoption at the Foreign Affairs Council on
    May 10.

    This will pave the way for the EU side to prepare for the launch
    of negotiations.

    "These agreements will allow for close political association between
    each of the partners in the South Caucasus and the EU, building on
    common values and shared principles".

    He said closely linked to the Association Agreements, the EU`s offer to
    establish deep and comprehensive free trade areas is also an immensely
    important opportunity for those South Caucasus countries that have
    fulfilled the preconditions.

    Such agreements of economic integration will provide access to the
    EU market of 500 million consumers and will help increasing trade
    flows and investments, Fule added.
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