Tuesday, February 05, 2008

GEOPOLITICS: EU warns Caucasus leaders on frozen conflicts

05.02.2008 - 09:27 CET By Leigh Phillips

The commissioner for external relations and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Benita Ferrero-Waldner has warned Azerbaijan's leaders that so-called frozen conflicts in the South Caucasus region could be a barrier to deeper cooperation with the European Union.

The commissioner, who together with Slovene Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and EU Special Representative for the Southern Caucasus Ambassador Peter Semneby are in the Caucasus to hold high-level meetings with the region's leaders, as well as open new fully-fledged European Commission delegations in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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