The Russian Foreign Ministry considered that the European mission in Armenia "It will only lead to fueling the geopolitical confrontation in the region and exacerbate the current contradictions."according to the French agency.
Moscow has been the traditional mediator in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan since the 1990s, and after the 2020 war, a peacekeeping mission was deployed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku AndYerevan.
However, Russian influence in the region has witnessed a clear decline due to Western and Turkish geopolitical competition, and also due to its attack on Ukraine, which worries its neighbors.
And she saw Moscow That the European Union seeks by sending its mission to "Undermining Russian mediation efforts".
Europeans are making their own attempts to mediate between Armenia andAzerbaijan For months, however, the mission that the European Union will deploy did not obtain approval from the Azerbaijani side.
For its part, the United States has supported the European mediation mission, the spokesman said US Department of State Vedant Patel "We welcome the efforts of our partners, including the European Union, to build confidence in the region and ensure a favorable environment for direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan."according to AFP.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Azerbaijan this week to lift the blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh.
For its part, Armenia has been condemning its inaction for weeks Russia whose peacekeeping mission did nothing to prevent the continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to her.
For more than a month, Azerbaijanis who identify themselves as environmental activists have been demonstrating against illegal landmines, blocking a vital road linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Because of this closure, the enclave, which has a population of about 120,000 people, the majority of whom are Armenians, suffers from power and internet cuts, as well as problems with heating and access to food and medicine.
He denounced the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan During a government meeting Thursday practice of Azerbaijan "ethnic cleansing policy"accusing Paco of shedding "Economic and psychological pressures to push the Armenians to exodus from Karabakh".
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And she said Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The European Union has become “supportive of the United States and NATO and leads the policy of confrontation in the post-Soviet space,” according to AFP.
The Russian Foreign Ministry considered that the European mission in Armenia “It will only lead to fueling the geopolitical confrontation in the region and exacerbate the current contradictions,” according to Agence France-Presse.
Moscow has been the traditional mediator in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan since the 1990s, and after the 2020 war, a peacekeeping mission was deployed in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku AndYerevan.
However, Russian influence in the region has witnessed a clear decline due to Western and Turkish geopolitical competition, and also because of its attack on Ukraine, which worries its neighbors.
And she saw Moscow The European Union is seeking, by sending its mission, to “undermine Russia’s mediation efforts.”
Europeans are making their own attempts to mediate between Armenia andAzerbaijan For months, however, the mission that the European Union will deploy did not obtain approval from the Azerbaijani side.
For its part, the United States has supported the European mediation mission, the spokesman said US Department of State Vedant Patel “We welcome the efforts of our partners, including the European Union, to build confidence in the region and ensure a favorable environment for direct dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” according to AFP.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Azerbaijan this week to lift the blockade on Nagorno-Karabakh.
For its part, Armenia has been condemning its inaction for weeks Russia whose peacekeeping mission did nothing to prevent the continuation of the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to her.
For more than a month, Azerbaijanis who identify themselves as environmental activists have been demonstrating against illegal landmines, blocking a vital road linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Because of this closure, the enclave, which has a population of about 120,000 people, the majority of whom are Armenians, suffers from power and internet cuts, as well as problems with heating and access to food and medicine.
He denounced the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan During a government meeting Thursday, Azerbaijan practiced a “policy of ethnic cleansing,” accusing Baku of exerting “economic and psychological pressure to push the Armenians to mass exodus from Karabakh.”