"There is no amendment on call for establishing contacts with de facto authorities of unrecognized territories in EU Parliament resolution"

The reports, that there is an amendment on call for establishing contacts with de facto authorities of unrecognized territories is false - Emin Eyyubov, ambassador of Azerbaijan to the Kingdom of Belgium & EU said on Thursday.

"In truth, such an amendment was in the project of resolution this morning, but as a result of the voting at the EU plenary meeting, the most deputies from big parties voted against the amendment" - Eyyubov said on the phone from Brussels.

The statement "de facto authorities of unrecognized territories" was eliminated from the project of resolution - Eyyubov said.

Some of the Armenian Mass Media reported, that the EU Parliament has approved a resolution on "European neighbourhood policy generalization", where all the programs and tendencies on Eastern vector.

According to the Armenian mass media, EU Parliament calls in item 48 for consideration of the initiative and innovative approaches, establishing contacts with de facto authorities of unrecognized territories to assist civil culture development and dialogue with the local community.

According to Eyyubov's words, "There were attempts to take the amendment through the EU Parliament. But EU Parliament members one more time showed the wise position of principle, estimated the situation around the unsolved conflicts politically correct and made the corresponding decision." - Eyyubov said

According to the ambassador's words, Azerbaijan welcomes the approval of the EU Parliament resolution and hopes it will assist the further development of European neighbourhood policy and Eastern partnership particularly.

"This in turn will bring Azerbaijan closer to EU by standards, legislation and other criterion adopted in Europe" - Eyyubov said.


/Trend/