EU Representative welcomes meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs in Tbilisi
Borrell stressed the EU supported “all efforts” to make the South Caucasus a “secure, stable and prosperous” space through dialogue. Photo: Reuters
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Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Tuesday welcomed the meeting between the ministers of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday.
Borrell stressed the EU supported “all efforts” to make the South Caucasus a “secure, stable and prosperous” space through dialogue.
We are supporting all efforts to make the South Caucasus a secure, stable and prosperous space for all its people. In this regard, I welcome the meeting between the ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia that took place last Saturday in Tbilisi - and I thank the Minister [for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov] for the information he provided about this meeting. The European Union is ready to support these efforts, and is actively working on helping to bridge the differences and to bring solutions”, Borrell said.
Georgian Prime Minister on Saturday welcomed the Azerbaijani and Armenian top diplomats Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov in Tbilisi. The meeting came amid the Georgian Government's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative for the South Caucasus.
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sunday called the inaugural meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as a “positive step” for regional dialogue.
The European Union supports the “bilateral decision” of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, to hold their inaugural meeting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, said on Saturday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday welcomed his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov in Tbilisi, noting his "pride" on the Georgian capital hosting talks between the countries of the region.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Saturday discussed the former's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative and its role in normalisation of relations in the South Caucasus region, as well as an upcoming meeting between Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart in Tbilisi.
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday hailed the recent meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Tbilisi in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Georgia as a transit country is of "great importance" for Armenia in the matter of reliable and safe supply of energy resources, communications and telecommunications to the country, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday at the opening of a new bridge connecting the two neighbouring countries, an occasion he attended with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili.