The European Union should preserve neutrality on Armenia-Azerbaijan peace track, which was always the case, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said while receiving the credentials of Julien de Fraipont, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Belgium, Report informs.
The president added that the EU had never been active in this matter during the occupation of Azerbaijan's lands.
The President pointed out that back then numerous approaches to EU and other European institutions were met with the response that the Minsk Group was responsible, and the EU had no involvement. “However, the EU seems to be actively involved now. Unfortunately, we see that some figures in Brussels, at EU headquarters took sides. This is counterproductive. This only creates mistrust and isolates EU from normalization process. My recommendation, if I may afford to make this recommendation for the sake of continued cooperation between EU and Azerbaijan, would be not to follow the footsteps of France and not to find themselves under France's influence, because France's policy was absolutely destructive, and remains absolutely destructive, with respect to Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process.