EU Representative welcomes meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs in Tbilisi

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.