DISINFO: Brussels wants to squeeze Russia out of the Caucasus
SUMMARY
We know about the desire of Brussels to infiltrate by any means in the process of normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Brussels does this in order to simply stake out a presence on the ground and, ultimately, squeeze Russia out of the region. [...] everything suggests that the EU, with its activity in the South Caucasus, is solely guided by its own opportunistic interests.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about Russia as the ultimate target of international events, accusing the ever-aggressive West of having an anti-Russian agenda in the Caucasus. The article advances the claim that the Caucasus is exclusively within Russia's zone of geopolitical interests and attempts to discredit the recently announced EU mission.
The claim attempts to preempt Russia's weakening position in the region.
The EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia is not directed against Russia, or any third country. It consists of up to 40 EU civilian monitoring experts which was deployed for a limited period of two months.
The EU Monitoring Capacity to Armenia focus on two core tasks:
1) support confidence-building between Armenia and Azerbaijan by monitoring the adherence of both parties to the ceasefire;
2) through regular and ad-hoc reporting the EU team will report on ceasefire related developments, will monitor the situation on the Armenian side of the internationally recognised border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This will allow the EU to better support the work of the two parties’ border commissions.
Based on the agreement by Armenia and Azerbaijan, the EU is closely involved in leading a peace process between both sides.
The EU Monitoring Capacity responds to the agreement reached at the quadrilateral meeting between President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan, French President Macron and President of the European Council Michel.
The decision to deploy the EU monitors on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan was made after the September 2022 escalation, when Azerbaijan attacked sovereign Armenia and occupied Armenian territories.