BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 18. On April 16, a
meeting was held in Brussels between the delegations of the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the European Union to resume
negotiations on a new bilateral agreement, as well as to conduct
the next round of discussions on the Partnership Priorities
document, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said, Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani delegation was headed by Deputy Foreign Minister
Yalchin Rafiyev, while the EU delegation was led by Audrone
Perkauskiene, Deputy Managing Director of the European External
Action Service.
The discussions, held in a constructive atmosphere, were aimed
at achieving mutual understanding of the parties’ positions on both
documents and planning the next stages of negotiations.
Following the meeting, it was decided that the next round of
talks would take place in early June in Baku.
In addition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Azerbaijani
delegation included representatives of the ministries of economy,
justice, energy, digital development and transport, finance, labor
and social protection of the population, as well as the State
Agency for Antimonopoly Control and Consumer Market Supervision
under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the State
Customs Committee, the Central Bank, and the State Oil Company of
the Republic of Azerbaijan.
During the visit, Yalchin Rafiyev also held meetings with Jan
Dusik, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission for
Climate Action, and Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General for
Environment. During the contacts, the sides exchanged views on the
creation of an Azerbaijan-European Union dialogue format in the
fields of climate action and environment, as well as on initiatives
put forward within the framework of the COP process and
international organizations dealing with climate and environmental
issues.
