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href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Template:Politics of Azerbaijan"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Template talk:Politics of Azerbaijan"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Azerbaijan"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Azerbaijan">Republic of Azerbaijan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> (EU)</b> have maintained a positive relationship through the years and have become more closely linked since 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan is currently part of the <a href="/wiki/European_Neighborhood_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="European Neighborhood Policy">European Neighborhood Policy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>. The EU is the largest foreign grant donor to and investor in Azerbaijan, both in the government sector and civil society, making available over 600 million EURO of bilateral EU assistance since 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_the_European_Commission_Jose_Manuel_Barroso_held_a_one-on-one_meeting_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="956" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijani President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> with President of the European Commission <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Barroso" title="José Manuel Barroso">José Manuel Barroso</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, Azerbaijan on 13 January 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>Until the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">Dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, Azerbaijan had little contact with non-Soviet Europe. During the Soviet years, the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a> (today's <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Azerbaijan">Republic of Azerbaijan</a>) became the Azerbaijan SSR. It remained that way until the Azerbaijani Supreme Court declared independence from the Soviet Union in September 1989, only to have this declaration made invalid in November 1989 by authorities in Moscow. The state finally gained independence in October 1991, and joined the United Nations in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996 formal relations with the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> began with the signature of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). This agreement entered into force in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-ec.europa.eu_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ec.europa.eu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 25, 2001, Azerbaijan became the 43rd state to join the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since joining, Azerbaijan has ratified 50 treaties<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2003, the EU appointed a Special Representative for the South Caucasus. Since 2004, Azerbaijan has been included (as a southern Caucasus country) in the <a href="/wiki/European_Neighborhood_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="European Neighborhood Policy">European Neighborhood Policy</a> (ENP), and since 2009 also in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a> initiative. In 2016, a Protocol on Azerbaijan's participation in EU Programmes and Agencies was adopted.<sup id="cite_ref-eeas.europa.eu_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eeas.europa.eu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Key items included on the plan are investment in Azerbaijan's infrastructure, partial integration of the Azerbaijani economy into Europe's, and partnerships with Azerbaijan on extracting oil from the Azerbaijani controlled part of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2017, EU and Azerbaijan launched negotiations to replace the original agreement adopted 20 years prior.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_relations">Political relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner,_July_2021_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_and_President_of_European_Council_Charles_Michel_had_joint_working_dinner%2C_July_2021_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="1292" /></a><figcaption>President of European Council <a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> meeting in Baku with Azerbaijani President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, July 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>The EU and Azerbaijan have worked together on various political agreements, the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement of 1999 being the most important one. The agreement aims at enhancing trade, investment, the economy, legislation and culture within the framework of the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan is also the part of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Eastern Partnership<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> initiative, and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Black_Sea_Economic_Cooperation" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation">Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation</a> (BSEC).<sup id="cite_ref-EU_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2018 discussions on updating the legal basis for relations between the EU and Azerbaijan were ongoing.<sup id="cite_ref-EU_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Azerbaijani government has been investigated by more than 10 European media organizations and was accused of laundering money to the United Kingdom. The "<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Laundromat" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Laundromat">Azerbaijani Laundromat</a>" consisted of sending 2.5 billion euros to European politicians and Azerbaijani elites; the money was also used to purchase luxury goods.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the reasons why the laundering took place was because the Azerbaijani government needed to keep a positive image in Europe to gain support for the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor" title="Southern Gas Corridor">Southern Gas Corridor</a>. The corridor is a main reason for the laundering and can explain the government's heavy lobbying at the European level.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_and_financial_relations">Economic and financial relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economic and financial relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>EU-Azerbaijani economic and trade relations are regulated by the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA). The European Union is Azerbaijan's first trading partner representing 48.6% of Azerbaijan's total trade.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The EU is Azerbaijan's biggest export and import market with a 60.7% and 31.8% share in Azerbaijan's total exports and imports respectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The EU's exports to Azerbaijan, which were worth €1.8 billion in 2016, consist primarily of machinery and transport equipment whereas EU imports from Azerbaijan, worth €7.6 billion in 2016, cover mainly oil and gas (98% of total imports).<sup id="cite_ref-eeas.europa.eu_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eeas.europa.eu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The EU is a key foreign investor in Azerbaijan. In 2013, its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country was €4.7 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-economy.gov.az_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economy.gov.az-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The PCA does establish economic cooperation aimed at strengthening business links and developing market-based rules and practices for trade in goods and services. Closer economic integration with Azerbaijan is also followed through the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the Eastern Partnership initiative of the EU. Azerbaijan is receiving technical assistance from the EU to help it become a World Trade Organization member. EU support to Azerbaijan amounts to around €30 million each year.<sup id="cite_ref-economy.gov.az_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economy.gov.az-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Non-Government Organisation (NGO) projects under Human Rights, Democratisation and Non-State Actor budget lines (EIDHR and NSA) also get funding.<sup id="cite_ref-EU_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>EU assistance used to focus on humanitarian aid, food security and social protection. As economic and political conditions in the country have improved dramatically, there is now more emphasis on the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan, Non-oil economy, government capacity-building and programmes like INOGATE, TRACECA, TEMPUS, and ERASMUS MUNDUS.<sup id="cite_ref-EU_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EU-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Opinions">Opinions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opinions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2008, Azerbaijan and the European Union shared a common energy agenda, and both support the building of a pipeline to bring Azeri oil to Europe. on November 7, 2008, the European Commissioner for Energy, <a href="/wiki/Andris_Piebalgs" title="Andris Piebalgs">Andris Piebalgs</a> said, that "recent events in the Caucasus have shown once again that this is a critical time for energy issues in the region and that EU-Azerbaijan energy cooperation should be strengthened now more than ever".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Azerbaijan's president, <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a>, stated on April 24, 2004, that "[Azerbaijan's] current strategic choice is integration in Europe, European family and institutions. We are strongly committed to this policy. We will do our utmost so that Azerbaijan meets all standards and criteria peculiar to Europe. Our policy is such and we have been pursuing it for a long time. Current events in Azerbaijan are the results of this continued policy."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aliyev's government sees the benefits of working with Europe and is engaged in welcoming European business, investment, and aid. </p><p>The government is focused on developing Azerbaijan with a combination of European and more regional investments. These interests occasionally clash.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016 the President of Azerbaijan <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> responded to a moderator's question at the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Security_Conference" title="Munich Security Conference">Munich Security Conference</a> of why Azerbaijan didn't sign an Association Agreement with the European Union:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p>One of the reasons why Azerbaijan didn’t sign the Association Agreement with the European Union, apart from that according to our impression it was not an agreement it was a unilateral instruction list to us, but the main reason was not that. The main reason was that they did not want to have a very precise wording about the resolution of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan</a> based on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. They have these provisions in the agreement with Georgia, with Moldova, at that time Ukraine didn’t have this problem. But when it comes to Azerbaijan it is a double standard. Russia was sanctioned for what happened in Ukraine. Armenia was not sanctioned for what happened in Nagorno-Karabakh. This double standard approach must be eliminated. </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present_situation">Present situation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Present situation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_met_with_President_of_European_Council_in_Brussels_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="911" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijani President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> meet with President of the European Council <a href="/wiki/Donald_Tusk" title="Donald Tusk">Donald Tusk</a> with <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, July 2018.</figcaption></figure> <p>Azerbaijan and the European Union have similar beliefs on most policies and are presently working together to forward their combined interests. The European Community developed a three-year aid plan for Azerbaijan, called the National Indicative Program (NIP), with a budget of €92 million over three years (2007–2010). The main goals of this program are to develop government agencies, run them more efficiently, and help Azerbaijan to develop its internal infrastructure to promote foreign investment and business. The EU has also set up a European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) office in Baku to give advice to Azerbaijan's government and to make sure that human rights are protected.<sup id="cite_ref-ec.europa.eu_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ec.europa.eu-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2008, the European Union and Azerbaijan were working together on a number of energy projects. The main project is the building of a pipeline to connect the Caspian oil and gas supply to Europe. Europe has been supporting Azerbaijan's state-sponsored program for the increased use of alternative and renewable energy sources.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan is a partner country of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> <a href="/wiki/INOGATE" title="INOGATE">INOGATE</a> energy programme, which has four key topics: enhancing <a href="/wiki/Energy_security" title="Energy security">energy security</a>, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/convergence" class="extiw" title="wikt:convergence">convergence</a> of member state <a href="/wiki/Energy_market" title="Energy market">energy markets</a> on the basis of <a href="/wiki/Internal_energy_market" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal energy market">EU internal energy market</a> principles, supporting <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_energy" title="Sustainable energy">sustainable energy</a> development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest. In 2013, the EU and Azerbaijan negotiated to replace their existing PCA with an <a href="/wiki/Association_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Association Agreement">Association Agreement</a> (AA).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roland Kobia, the EU's ambassador to Azerbaijan, said in April 2013 that they could be completed prior to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Partnership" title="Eastern Partnership">Eastern Partnership</a> meeting in November 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Deputy Chief of Azerbaijan's presidential administration stated that "we aim to draft a partnership agreement – a document more adequately reflecting the level of our relations and cooperation with the European Union" rather than an AA.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An EU official from the delegation to Azerbaijan stressed that "it has not been said that Azerbaijan will never sign it, just it is not right time to sign it now. So we are working with Azerbaijan on possible other formats but the final objective is to sign an association agreement."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No AA was initialled at the summit, though a Joint Declaration stated that the EU was willing to negotiate a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Azerbaijan once they join the <a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2013, EU Commissioner for Enlargement <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0tefan_F%C3%BCle" title="Štefan Füle">Štefan Füle</a> said that negotiations on the AA continued.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2016 the European Council authorized the launch of negotiations on a framework agreement, which "allows Azerbaijan to decide the extent in which it will participate in the EU's offer of political association and economic integration".<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev,_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev%2C_President_of_European_Commission_made_press_statements_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1228" /></a><figcaption>Aliyev meeting with President of the European Commission <a href="/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" title="Ursula von der Leyen">Ursula von der Leyen</a>, July 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>In November 2013, an agreement on the facilitation of visa issuance was signed between Azerbaijan and the European Union in Vilnius, Lithuania and came into force on 1 September 2014. According to the agreement, visa handling is fee-free for particular groups of citizens such as official delegates, pensioners, children under 12, students and researchers.The agreement is not in effect in the UK, Ireland, and Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 27 September 2020, President of the European Council <a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a> expressed deep concern over the <a href="/wiki/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">escalation of hostilities</a> in the disputed region of <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> and called on Azerbaijan and <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> to immediately halt fighting and progress towards a peaceful resolution.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, EU's Foreign Affairs chief <a href="/wiki/Josep_Borrell" title="Josep Borrell">Josep Borrell</a> called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to cease fighting and return to the negotiating table.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2022, the European Commission signed an agreement with Azerbaijan to increase <a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Azerbaijan" title="Energy in Azerbaijan">natural gas imports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Energy_cooperation">Energy cooperation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Energy cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Southern_Gas_Corridor""><span id=".22Southern_Gas_Corridor.22"></span>"Southern Gas Corridor"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: "Southern Gas Corridor""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png/300px-TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png/450px-TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png/600px-TAP_TANAP_SCP_Schah_Denis.png 2x" data-file-width="3178" data-file-height="1027" /></a><figcaption>The goal of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor" title="Southern Gas Corridor">Southern Gas Corridor</a>, which connects the giant <a href="/wiki/Shah_Deniz_gas_field" title="Shah Deniz gas field">Shah Deniz gas field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> to Europe, is to reduce Europe's dependency on Russian gas.</figcaption></figure> <p>President of the European Commission <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_Barroso" title="José Manuel Barroso">José Manuel Barroso</a> and President Aliyev signed a Joint Declaration on the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor" title="Southern Gas Corridor">Southern Gas Corridor</a> back in January 2011 in Baku. The Southern Gas Corridor is a strategic initiative to bring Caspian, Central Asian, and Middle Eastern gas resources to the European markets and is the main diversification tool for the security of energy supply. The infrastructure that is to bring gas from the Caspian basin, notably from Shah Deniz II field, consists of the expansion of the existing <a href="/w/index.php?title=South-Caucasus_pipeline&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="South-Caucasus pipeline (page does not exist)">South-Caucasus pipeline</a> from Azerbaijan via Georgia to Turkey; the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Anatolian_pipeline" class="mw-redirect" title="Trans-Anatolian pipeline">Trans-Anatolian pipeline</a>, crossing Turkey and connecting Georgia with Europe; and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trans-Adriatic_pipeline&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trans-Adriatic pipeline (page does not exist)">Trans-Adriatic pipeline</a>, transporting gas from the Turkish border via Greece and Albania to Italy. A giant offshore gas field in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea – Shah Deniz II will provide initial ten billion cubic metres of gas per year to the European markets as of 2020 and an additional six billion cubic metres per year to Turkey. The Southern Gas Corridor is the most significant and ambitious undertaking of international hydrocarbon industry as numerous stakeholders including 7 governments and 11 companies have been involved in it. Southern Gas Corridor will alter the energy map of whole Europe by providing gas supplies of the Caspian Sea throughout European markets. Initially, nearly 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas will flow across this network in 2019–2020.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-eeas.europa.eu_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eeas.europa.eu-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Building Southern Gas Corridor, European countries and companies support gas export from Azerbaijan and contribute to finance Azerbaijan's government.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Aliyev</a> regime is considered by many <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">NGOs</a> and watchdogs organizations as <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Human rights in Azerbaijan">repressive</a> and activists and journalists are regularly arrested on false charges and imprisoned. The <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_for_Human_Rights" title="International Federation for Human Rights">International Federation for Human Rights</a> (FIDH) wrote in 2015, that "for more than a decade Azerbaijan has made shameless use of <a href="/wiki/Caviar_diplomacy" title="Caviar diplomacy">caviar diplomacy</a> to charm European governments, its most important oil and gas clients".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CEE BankWatch warns that "Developing Shah Deniz stage 2 and the Southern Gas Corridor is likely to cement further the oppressive structures of the Aliyev government".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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text" href="http://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest01.pdf"><i>Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 1</i></a> No. 1, 17 December 2008, 17pp</li> <li>Mammadli, Anar: "EU–Azerbaijan Relations: Enhancing Human Rights and Democracy within Eastern Partnership Initiatives" in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest35-36.pdf"><i>Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 35-36</i></a> No. 35–36, 15 February 2012, 22pp</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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title="Azerbaijan–Burkina Faso relations">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Democratic Republic of the Congo relations">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Djibouti_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Djibouti relations">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Equatorial_Guinea_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Equatorial Guinea relations">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Ethiopia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Ethiopia relations">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Gambia_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan–Gambia relations">Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Kenya_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Kenya relations">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Libya_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Libya relations">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Morocco_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Morocco relations">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Nigeria_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Nigeria relations">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%94Senegal_relations" title="Azerbaijan—Senegal relations">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93South_Africa_relations" title="Azerbaijan–South Africa relations">South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations" title="Argentina–Azerbaijan relations">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Brazil_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Brazil relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Canada_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Canada relations">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Colombia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Colombia relations">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Cuba_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Cuba relations">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Mexico_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Mexico relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Paraguay_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Paraguay relations">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Peru_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Peru relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Azerbaijan–United States relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Uruguay_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Uruguay relations">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Venezuela relations">Venezuela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td 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<li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Japan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Japan relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Jordan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Jordan relations">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Kazakhstan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Kyrgyzstan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Kyrgyzstan relations">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Lebanon_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Lebanon relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Malaysia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Malaysia relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Palestine relations">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Saudi Arabia relations">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Syria_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Syria relations">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Turkey relations">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Turkmenistan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Turkmenistan relations">Turkmenistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations" title="Albania–Azerbaijan relations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations" title="Austria–Azerbaijan relations">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Belarus_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Belarus relations">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Belgium_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Belgium relations">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Bosnia and Herzegovina relations">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Bulgaria_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Bulgaria relations">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Denmark_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Denmark relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Estonia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Estonia relations">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%94France_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan—France relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Germany_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Germany relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Greece_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Greece relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Hungary_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Hungary relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Italy relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Kosovo_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Kosovo relations">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Latvia_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan–Latvia relations">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Lithuania_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan–Lithuania relations">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Montenegro_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Montenegro relations">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Netherlands relations">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93North_Macedonia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–North Macedonia relations">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Poland_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Poland relations">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Portugal_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Portugal relations">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Romania_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Romania relations">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Russia relations">Russia</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Chechnya_relations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azerbaijan–Chechnya relations (page does not exist)">Chechnya</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Serbia_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Serbia relations">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Switzerland relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Ukraine relations">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Azerbaijan–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Azerbaijan_relations" title="Australia–Azerbaijan relations">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%94New_Zealand_relations" title="Azerbaijan—New Zealand relations">New Zealand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Multilateral_relations" 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relations">OBSEC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93OIC_relations" title="Azerbaijan–OIC relations">OIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan–Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe relations">OSCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_and_the_United_Nations" title="Azerbaijan and the United Nations">United Nations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Diplomacy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Diplomacy</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan">Diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of diplomatic missions in Azerbaijan">in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Azerbaijan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)">Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Foreign_relations_of_the_European_Union" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th 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title="Third-country economic relationships with the European Union">Economic relationships with third countries</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algeria-European_Union_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Algeria-European Union relations">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Cape Verde–European Union relations">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Egypt–European Union relations">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libya%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Libya–European Union relations">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morocco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Morocco–European Union relations">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="South Africa–European Union relations">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Sudan_relations" title="European Union–Sudan relations">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Tunisia–European Union relations">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Argentina–European Union relations">Argentina</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Argentina_foreign_trade_relations_with_the_European_Union" title="Argentina foreign trade relations with the European Union">trade</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Brazil–European Union relations">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Canada–European Union relations">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Colombia–European Union relations">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Cuba–European Union relations">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union" title="Greenland and the European Union">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Mexico–European Union relations">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Peru_relations" title="European Union–Peru relations">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="United States–European Union relations">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Uruguay–European Union relations">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Bahrain–European Union relations">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Bangladesh–European Union relations">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="China–European Union relations">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="India–European Union relations">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Indonesia–European Union relations">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Iran–European Union relations">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Iraq–European Union relations">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Israel–European Union relations">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Japan–European Union relations">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Jordan–European Union relations">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Kazakhstan–European Union relations">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Lebanon–European Union relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Malaysia–European Union relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Nepal–European Union relations">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="North Korea–European Union relations">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Pakistan–European Union relations">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Palestine–European Union relations">Palestine</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Philippines–European Union relations">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="South Korea–European Union relations">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Syria–European Union relations">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Taiwan–European Union relations">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Vietnam–European Union relations">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Yemen–European Union relations">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Albania_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Albania to the European Union">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Andorra–European Union relations">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Armenia–European Union relations">Armenia</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Belarus–European Union relations">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_and_the_European_Union" title="Faroe Islands and the European Union">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Georgia–European Union relations">Georgia</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Georgia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Georgia to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Iceland–European Union relations">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Kosovo_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Kosovo to the European Union">Kosovo</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Liechtenstein–European Union relations">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Moldova–European Union relations">Moldova</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Moldova_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Moldova to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monaco%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Monaco–European Union relations">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Montenegro_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Montenegro to the European Union">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_North_Macedonia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus_and_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Cyprus and the European Union">Northern Cyprus</a>†</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Norway–European Union relations">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Russia–European Union relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="San Marino–European Union relations">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Serbia_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Serbia to the European Union">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Sovereign Military Order of Malta–European Union relations">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Switzerland–European Union relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="European Union–Turkey relations">Turkey</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Turkey to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Ukraine–European Union relations">Ukraine</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_Ukraine_to_the_European_Union" title="Accession of Ukraine to the European Union">Accession negotiations</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="United Kingdom–European Union relations">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Holy See–European Union relations">Vatican City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Australia–European Union relations">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronesia%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Micronesia–European Union relations">Micronesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="New Zealand–European Union relations">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Papua New Guinea–European Union relations">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia%E2%80%93European_Communities_relations" title="Yugoslavia–European Communities relations">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Special member state territories and the European Union">Overseas territories of member states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microstates_and_the_European_Union" title="Microstates and the European Union">European microstates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_European_Union" title="List of the largest trading partners of the European Union">Largest trading partners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Association_Agreement" title="European Union Association Agreement">Association Agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_free_trade_agreements" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union free trade agreements">Free trade agreements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Sanctions" class="mw-redirect" title="European Union Sanctions">European Union Sanctions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>†= Disputed state, may not be recognised as an independent state by some or all European Union members.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Multilateral_relations_and_initiatives" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Multilateralism" title="Multilateralism">Multilateral</a> relations and initiatives</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.0em;padding:0.35em 1.0em; line-height:1.1em; ;">Organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Arab League–European Union relations">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASEAN%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="ASEAN–European Union relations">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Europe%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Council of Europe–European Union relations">Council of Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_and_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights">ECHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_and_the_G7" title="European Union and the G7">G7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_and_the_International_Criminal_Court" title="European Union and the International Criminal Court">ICC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Observer_Mission_of_the_Organization_of_Islamic_Cooperation_to_the_European_Union" title="Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union">IOC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93Mercosur_relations" title="European Union–Mercosur relations">Mercosur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Union%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="European Union–NATO relations">NATO</a></li> 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