EU Commissioner to visit Azerbaijan on July 8

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will travel to Azerbaijan on July 8, Report informs, citing EU press service.

The Commissioner will visit the South Caucasus - Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia - from 6 to 9 July.

He will have meetings with Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Head of the Presidential Administration Samir Nuriyev, Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov, and Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov.

He is expected to introduce the Economic and Investment Plan and discuss important issues on bilateral relations.

The foreign ministers of Austria, Lithuania, and Romania, Austria, Lithuania, Romania Alexander Challenberg, Gabrielius Landsbergis, and Bogdan Aurescu, visited the South Caucasus on June 25-26 to express EU support for Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia in the run-up to the Eastern Partnership summit, which is scheduled for December this year.