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Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 1
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
There are strong partnership relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union, the EU Ambassador to Azerbaijan Malena Mard told reporters in Baku Oct. 1.
Regarding Azerbaijani Parliament’s decision Sept. 30 to restore relations with the European Parliament, Mard noted that it is encouraging that the Azerbaijani Parliament decided to consider returning to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
The diplomat added that the European MPs, who recently paid a visit to Azerbaijan, openly expressed interest in cooperation with Azerbaijani counterparts.
The EU is interested in strengthening relations with Azerbaijan, said Mard, adding that she hopes that these issues will be reflected in the near future at the legislative level as well.
The diplomat also noted that the activity of subcommittees between Azerbaijan and the EU is gradually restored.
The EU is very pleased to be able to continue cooperation through subcommittees, Mard said, adding that the first meeting within this framework will be held in mid-October 2016.
She noted that this is the basis to strengthen Azerbaijan-EU relations.
The diplomat said that the EU wants to continue partnership relations with Azerbaijan.
There are a lot of the EU representatives at the EuroVillage 2016 in Baku, she said.
This shows that the European Union wants to continue cooperation with Azerbaijan in both the field of reforms and the spheres of education, experience exchange and strengthening relations between the young generations of Azerbaijan and the EU, Mard added.