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Thursday,
July 26,
2007, #141 (1408) The Azerbaijani government says it’s getting EUR 92 million from the EU as part of its neighborhood policy, reports the news agency Regnum, to fund a national action plan for 2007–2010. EU representative in Azerbaijan Alan Waddams says the money will be divvied up between reforms in energy, transportation, democracy and human rights areas. Azerbaijan received the national action plan in November of 2006, as part of the EU neighborhood policy. The plan consists of ten principles, and includes issues of democracy, human rights, and peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Azerbaijan government has also talked of simplifying its visa regime; the EU Commission, Alan Waddams says, will help |
EUR 92 Million to Azerbaijan from the EU