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    EU aid to South Caucasus depends on progress in conflicts settlement - envoy

    Mediamax news agency
    30 Jun 04


    YEREVAN

    "My visit to Stepanakert shows that the European Union has not
    forgotten about Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagornyy Karabakh and that the
    settlement of the Karabakh conflict is important to us," the special
    representative of the EU for the South Caucasus, Heikki Talvitie, told
    a briefing following his two-day visit to Nagornyy Karabakh, a
    Mediamax correspondent has reported from Stepanakert .

    Talvitie said that the EU is interested in stability in the region,
    the establishment of an atmosphere of confidence and the
    implementation of reconstruction programmes. This will very much
    depend on the progress in the settlement of conflicts existing in the
    region, he added.

    "We first supposed to start implementing programmes at the final stage
    of the settlement, but now we intend to render assistance to the
    region as soon as certain progress is achieved in the peace process,"
    Talvitie said.

    He said that he last visited Nagornyy Karabakh 10 years ago, and
    expressed his satisfaction with the fact that "thanks to your efforts,
    you have achieved considerable changes in many spheres". "This meets
    the interests of the European Union and of the conflicting parties and
    testifies to stability in the region," he stressed.

    Talvitie met NKR President Arkadiy Gukasyan, National Assembly
    Chairman Oleg Yesayan and Prime Minister Anushavan Daniyelyan in
    Stepanakert today.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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