Cтатус-кво в Карабахе является "неприемлемым"

Статус-кво в Нагорном Карабахе является "неприемлемым" и урегулирование конфликта является приоритетом для ЕС, об этом заявили высокопоставленные чиновники в понедельник вечером по завершению Совета по сотрудничеству ЕС-Армения, предлагая свою неизменную поддержку мирному процессу и призывая к сдержанности с обеих сторон.

"Ситуация с безопасностью вдоль линии соприкосновения и международной границы между Арменией и Азербайджаном является предметом серьезной озабоченности", говорится в официальном заявлении 16 заседания Совета по сотрудничеству Армении и ЕС.

В Брюсселе министр иностранных дел Армении Эдвард Налбандян встретился с высокопоставленными представителями ЕС для обсуждения Карабаха, а также других вопросов, в том числе либерализация визового режима.

В сентябре 2013 года Армения объявила о вступлении в возглавляемый Россией Евразийский экономический союз, отказавшись тем самым от предлагаемого Соглашения об ассоциации с ЕС.

Налбандян обсудил эти вопросы с Бертом Кундерсом, министром иностранных дел Нидерландов (страны, текущего председателя в ЕС), и Йоханнесом Ханом, Комиссаром по вопросам расширения и политики добрососедства.

Также на повестке дня стоял вопрос о встрече между президентами Армении и Азербайджана, которая состоялась в Берне, Швейцарии, в декабре прошлого года.

"Повестка дня встречи в Берне была продиктована эскалацией ситуации в результате провокаций Азербайджана, грубых нарушений режима прекращения огня," сказал Налбандян.

Европейские чиновники были более позитивно настроены касательно переговоров в Берне, говоря, что они предоставили важную возможность для будущих обменов, и предоставили практическую поддержку регионам, пострадавших от конфликта.

Призывая к сдержанности в зоне конфликта, ЕС также подтвердил свою поддержку Минского процесса ОБСЕ.

Чиновники ЕС поприветствовали политические, экономические и социальные реформы, проводимые в Армении, в тоже время призвали к изменениям в других областях, в том числе в сфере верховенства закона, прав человека и избирательной системы.

Армения было выделено 140-170 млн € в рамках помощи на 2014-2017 гг, говорится в заявлении ЕС, эти средства сосредоточены на развитии частного сектора, на реформах государственного управления и системы правосудия.

источник: commonspace.eu по материалам www.armardio.am, www.consilium.europa.eu

Фото: Эдвард Налбандян, Берт Кундерс и Йоханнес Хан 18 января, в Брюсселе.

 

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