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It is no secret that Moscow is very dissatisfied with the EU’s initiation of a civilian monitoring mission in the border regions of Armenia. Russia Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has already voiced this position unequivocally.
According to him, he emphasized that “the new mission has an exceptional civilian character.” Europe Union representatives are lying. “The deployment of the mission takes place within the framework of the common security and defense policy of the EU. Therefore, it should be treated accordingly. Unfortunately, we Europe We have repeatedly noted the desire of the Union and the West as a whole to strengthen themselves in Armenia, which is our ally. We see that behind these efforts political the goals stop, and the ultimate goal is far from the interests of the real normalization of relations in the Caucasus. “Everything is being done to push Russia out of the region and weaken its historical role as the main provider of security.”
Later, Zakharova tried to question the effectiveness of the European peacekeeping mission. “The experience of EU participation in solving various regional conflicts is very uncertain. It is unlikely that Brussels can boast of success in this field. Take, for example, the EU’s mediation efforts and mission in the Serbian province of Kosovo. This should be taken into account when evaluating the decision of the EU regarding the new mission in Armenia,” said the spokesman of the foreign ministry of the country that continues to attack neighboring Ukraine.
Then, of course, he did not forget to praise his country’s “peace efforts” in our region: “We are sure that the main provider of stability and security in the region for the near future Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia There will be agreements signed between the leaders. Their comprehensive implementation, including the opening of transport communications, Armenia-Azerbaijan delimitation of the border, establishment of relations between the public, experts, religious circles, and parliamentarians of the two countries, as well as negotiations on the development of peace, are the closest ways to improve the situation in the region. Russia The Federation is ready to contribute to this in every possible way.”
There is no need to talk about how Moscow “helped” to resolve certain ethnic-territorial conflicts – everything is already known to everyone. Another interesting thing is: Armenia-Azerbaijan along the border 10Why does the monitoring mission consisting of 0 unarmed people scare Moscow so much? What can EU representatives do in the next 2 years that the Kremlin does not hide such irritation? And one more question: this mission Azerbaijan Does it meet your interests? Because sometimes disgruntled comments like “they didn’t agree with us” are heard in our country.
Gela Vasadze, the leading expert of the Georgian Strategic Analysis Center (GSAC), answered the questions of the Press Club.
He believes that Moscow can come to terms with the fact that it has lost its monopolistic influence in the region. Everything about Azerbaijan was more or less logical – Baku for a long time it was moving towards rapprochement with Ankara, and the Russian Federation could not prevent it in any way. In Armenia, this is experienced differently: firstly, everything happens quite quickly, and secondly, it happens against the background of the systematic weakening of the Russian Federation as a result of the war in Ukraine.
“Moscow knows very well that after the defeat in Ukraine, they Armenia-Azerbaijan they will squeeze out of their conflict. He did it Turkey or non-EU Azerbaijan and Armenia he will do it himself. However Azerbaijan Russia will not be able to do anything about it. Because the causes of this objective historical process are outside the region.
Azerbaijan As for his dissatisfaction, it is understandable in a tactical sense – additional security guarantees give Yerevan additional opportunities to slow down the conflict resolution process. In addition, there is a threat of pressure on Baku regarding the replacement of Russian “peacekeepers” with European ones. But at the same time, everyone understands that this probability is small. The fact that the EU is more interested in the settlement process than the Russian Federation, which is not at all interested in ending the conflict, is strategically beneficial for Azerbaijan,” the Georgian analyst noted.
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