Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend A.Gasimova / European Union's Special Envoy for South Caucasus, Peter Semneby, informed Trend by telephone that his visit to the region was confirmed for June.
During his visit to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, Semneby is to meet with the senior officials and representatives of NGOs. The Armenian media reports that it is possible that within his visit, the EU envoy will also visit Nagorno-Karabakh which, together with the 7 occupied Azerbaijani districts, is the subject of military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. However, Semneby says that a date for the visit has not been confirmed as yet.
EU Special Envoy visits the countries of South Caucasus several times a year. His mandate includes discussing issues of co-operation between the European Union and countries of the region, especially within European Neighborhood Policy Program adopted in 2004. The Program envisages maximum close co-operation with the countries wishing to join it. A sum of €100 mln has been allocated over the next three years for the realization of the Action Plan with Azerbaijan only within the EU Program.