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 and to hold further discussions on the Partnership Priorities document.
This was reported to elchi by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the meeting, the Azerbaijani delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Yalchin Rafiyev, and the European Union side was led by Audrone Perkauskiene, Deputy Managing Director of the European External Action Service.
Constructive discussions served to reach a mutual understanding of positions on both documents and to plan the next stages of negotiations.
At the conclusion of the meeting, it was decided to hold the next round of negotiations in Baku in early June.
In addition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Azerbaijani delegation included representatives from 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 and Consumer Market Control 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.
Within the framework of the visit, Yalchin Rafiyev also held meetings with Jan Dusik, Deputy Director-General for Climate Action at the European Commission, and Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General for Environment. During the contacts, an exchange of views took place regarding the establishment of an Azerbaijan-European Union dialogue format in the field of climate action and environment, as well as initiatives put forward within the framework of the COP process and international organizations related to climate and environment.
