Name of EU new special envoy for South Caucasus to be known early next week

The name of the European Union (EU) special envoy for South Caucasus countries will be known early the following week, the EU special envoy for South Caucasus Heikki Talvitie, completing his mission in the region reported after the meeting in Baku on 26 January 2006 with the Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, according to Trend.

"A number of procedural issues need to be resolved, followed by the decision making. However, I may say, for today it is the question of 5 candidacies," Talvitie noted.