EU TO OPEN ITS OFFICES IN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA

Itar-Tass
Feb 1 2008
Russia

BRUSSELS, February 1 (Itar-Tass) – The European Union (EU) intends
to open its permanent offices in Azerbaijan and Armenia next week.

They will be inaugurated during visits to the South Caucasus countries
due on February 4-6 by the EU Commissioner for External Relations and
Neighbourhood Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Slovenian Foreign Minister
Dimitri Rupel, whose country holds the EU rotating presidency.

During the trips to Armenia and Azerbaijan the officials intend to meet
with national leaders and discuss prospects for the intensification
of economic cooperation and ways in which the EU can help resolve
frozen conflicts in their territories.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress