EU hopes for soonest meeting of Armenian, Azeri FMs

PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union (EU) stressed on Monday the significance of international coordination on Kosovo, in particular during the transition period.



At a meeting of the EU Troika with the delegation of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said the OSCE mission should continue to work and cooperate with the EU police and justice mission EULEX, as well as the special EU representative to be deployed to Kosovo by the EU.



Rupel, who chaired Monday's meeting, also spoke highly of the role the OSCE mission played in Kosovo, especially to the interests of the Serbian community.



Besides Kosovo, the South Caucasus, the Transnistrian region and Afghanistan were the main topics of the meeting.



The OSCE delegation was led by Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, who presides over this organization in 2008.



Rupel stressed that both the EU and the OSCE should endeavor to ensure peace and stability in all these areas, and that cooperation between the organizations is of utmost importance while regular meetings contribute to this objective.



Concerning the situation in the South Caucasus countries, Rupel confirmed the EU support to OSCE Minsk Group efforts for a peaceful, lasting and fair resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.



He further expressed hope for a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the near future, Xinhua reports.