this European Union will send a civilian mission to the border between Armenia Y Azerbaijan “build trust” It contributes to border commissions that try to resolve disputes between the two sides of the conflict and between the two countries through its reports.
“There was an agreement with Armenia to facilitate an EU civilian mission along the Azerbaijani border. Azerbaijan agreed cooperate with this mission as long as you are interested“, the Council of Europe said in a statement this Friday.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinian met in Prague the previous day on the sidelines of the opening of the European Political Community, at the invitation of President of France Emmanuel Macron and the President of Europe. The council also attended the meeting, Charles Michel.
The statement said the mission will begin in October for a maximum of two months and the aim is to “build trust and contribute to border commissions through their reports”.
In the excerpt from P.Raga, Armenia and Azerbaijan also reaffirmed their “commitment” to the United Nations Charter and the 1991 Alma Ata Declaration both recognize the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the other.
In the statement of the Council of Europe, they confirmed that this will form the basis for the work of the border commissions and that the next meeting of the border commissions will take place in Brussels at the end of October.
The latest tension on the border between the two countries occurred in September. After clashes in which more than 150 soldiers from both countries died.