Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.15
By Aygun Badalova - Trend:
The EU Eastern Partnership program will loose a key component if Azerbaijan leaves it, Czech President Milos Zeman said during the press conference in Baku, Sept.15.
Zeman said he considers the Eastern Partnership a useful program and praises the role that Azerbaijan has played in this organization up to now.
In particular, he pointed out the situation when some member states of the Eastern Partnership, for example, Ukraine faced a certain crisis and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev was trying to settle this conflict by peaceful means, especially during the meeting of presidents in Prague.
Zeman said he has been informed about the recent resolution of the European Parliament on Azerbaijan and the country's reaction to it.
However, the EU Eastern Partnership program has nothing to do with this position, said the Czech president, adding that such initiatives have never been discussed within this program.
Earlier, Azerbaijani parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov proposed to appeal to the Cabinet of Ministers for revising Azerbaijan's participation in the EU Eastern Partnership program.
The Eastern Partnership is the EU project aimed at developing the integration relations of the EU with six former USSR countries - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
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