Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry: Conflicts in the BSEC area affect the  development of the region

ArmInfo.Conflicts in the territories of members of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) affect the development of the region.  Deputy  Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Mahmud Mammadguliyev said this on  December 14 at a press conference in Baku, commenting on the results  of the 39th meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of  the BSEC member countries, Trend reports.

"We do not solve political issues within the BSEC, as it is an  economic organization," he said, answering the question whether the  Nagorno-Karabakh issue was discussed today with a representative of  Armenia who participated in the BSEC meeting.

Speaking about the recently adopted resolution of the European  Parliament on the EU's common policy in the field of foreign policy  and security, Mammadguliyev said that "by this resolution, the EU  confirmed that Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions belong to  Azerbaijan." "The document states that the EU has common approach to  conflicts in the Eastern Partnership region," he added.

The 39th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the  Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation member-states was  held in Baku under the chairmanship of Azerbaijan.

The Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation is an  intergovernmental organization uniting 12 countries of the Black Sea  and southern Balkans. The organization was founded in 1992. The  headquarters of the organization is located in Istanbul.

Azerbaijan assumed the BSEC chairmanship at the 38th meeting of the  Organization's Council of Foreign Ministers, which took place on June  27. Azerbaijan will chair BSEC until December 2018.