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12/7/05

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: The first meeting of Baltic and South Caucasian Foreign Ministers

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

The first meeting of Baltic and South Caucasian Foreign Ministers

The first 3+3 meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic and South Caucasian States was held on 6 December 2005 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The Foreign Ministers met to discuss the bilateral cooperation between the regions as well as the cooperation within international organizations. The Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Artis Pabriks, noted Latvia's cooperation with Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan has been successful, but pointed out that the relationship has potential for additional growth. An important requirement for successful cooperation is the development of democracy and its strengthening in South Caucasian countries. The Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States voiced their readiness to collaborate with South Caucasian countries within the European Neighbourhood Policy. The representatives of the South Caucasian countries observed that, among the EU countries, the experience of the Baltic States in reforms might be particularly interesting and useful. During the meeting, the Baltic Ministers decided to invite the representatives of the South Caucasian countries to one of the next meetings of the Nordic and Baltic Foreign Ministers. Attending the meeting were the Latvian Foreign Minister, Artis Pabriks; the Estonian Foreign Minister, Urmas Paet; the Lithuanian Foreign Minister, Antanas Valionis; the Georgian Foreign Minister, Gela Bezhuashvili; the Armenian Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanjan; and the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to OSCE, Fuad Ismayilov.

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