{"id":7334,"date":"2021-07-03T20:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/high-representative-eu-will-take-a-more-active-role-in-south-caucasus\/"},"modified":"2021-07-03T20:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T16:19:27","slug":"high-representative-eu-will-take-a-more-active-role-in-south-caucasus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/high-representative-eu-will-take-a-more-active-role-in-south-caucasus\/","title":{"rendered":"High Representative: EU will take a more active role in South Caucasus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/High-Representative-EU-will-take-a-more-active-role-in.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>\u201cThe South Caucasus is important to the EU, in terms of transport corridors linking the EU with Asia and the diversification of EU energy resources. So, we should foster the region\u2019s role as a connectivity hub,\u201d EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in his article \u201cWhy we need more EU engagement in the South Caucasus?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a growing expectation on the side of EU member states and partners for the EU to take a more active role in addressing the conflicts in the Eastern neighborhood,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was glad that Alexander Schallenberg, Gabrielius Landsbergis, and Bogdan Aurescu, the Foreign Ministers of Austria, Lithuania, and Romania, accepted my invitation and traveled to the region at short notice. It was evident that the South Caucasus merited such a visit to support the EU\u2019s agenda and build on the recent developments and positive steps from Armenia and Azerbaijan,\u201d the EU High Representative said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the Ministers passed three main messages to the leaders of the South Caucasus countries:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The EU is committed to be an active player to promote conflict resolution in the region;<br \/>&#8211; The EU is ready to develop bilateral relationships while supporting regional cooperation and connectivity; and<br \/>&#8211; The EU is attached to the inclusivity and flexibility of the Eastern Partnership policy framework.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '800789640666009');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/>https:\/\/report.az\/en\/karabakh\/high-representative-eu-will-take-a-more-active-role-in-south-caucasus\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cThe South Caucasus is important to the EU, in terms of transport corridors linking the EU with Asia and the diversification of EU energy resources. So, we should foster the region\u2019s role as a connectivity hub,\u201d EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in his article \u201cWhy we need more EU engagement in the South&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/high-representative-eu-will-take-a-more-active-role-in-south-caucasus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">High Representative: EU will take a more active role in South Caucasus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[354,599,1095,1096,355,647],"class_list":["post-7334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","tag-active","tag-caucasus","tag-high","tag-representative","tag-role","tag-south","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}