The EU mission in Armenia (EUMA) may be extended for another two years, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in Parliament on Wednesday during the parliamentary debates on the performance of the Armenian government in 2023.
According to him, the issue is currently under discussion. Pashinyan called the deployment of the EU mission along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border an important outcome of the Prague meeting on October 6, 2022.
"The next important result of the quadrilateral meeting on October 6, 2022 [in Prague] was the deployment of the EU monitoring mission along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as a civilian mission, and today the [Armenian] Government is considering the matter of extending the term of the mission for another two years.
As you can see, the four-way meeting in Prague is of key importance in having a stable and peaceful South Caucasus and is a realistic and, most importantly, strong legal-political basis plan for establishing peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan," said the Armenian Prime Minister.
Pashinyan noted that the role of French President Emmanuel Macron in reaching these agreements is enormous.
"During this time, the EU mission has become a source of objective information for the international community, more specifically the EU and its partners, about the situation along the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border and the contact line, which is extremely important for us.
It is important that the EU and its partners receive objective information about the situation along the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border and the contact line. This information will make it obvious that Armenia is sincerely committed to the peace agenda and is not the aggressive side of this ‘story,’" added Pashinyan.
According to him, the political context of the meeting in Brussels is as follows: all efforts to present Armenia in the West as a state pursuing an aggressive policy are about to disappear.
