DISINFO: Spying on Iran may be the main purpose of the EU monitors in Armenia
SUMMARY
[...] these European observers - [...] it would be more appropriate to call them “European missionaries”, since there are significant doubts about the truth of their powers and real intentions, and there is a confidence that they are here with a certain “mission”.
No one will be able to reliably prove that these “European missionaries” are now calmly recording only “shootouts” on the border of Armenia and are not engaged, for example, in open and unrestrained espionage against the northern border of Iran precisely on those sections that were introduced by the government of Armenia in the area of responsibility of these groups of "Euromissionaries".
What if the collection of information about the northern borderlands of Iran is the main purpose of those "Euromissionaries" who were invited to Armenia by pro-Western puppets in the Armenian government?
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory, attempts to discredit the EU and the recently announced EU mission in Armenia.
The EU monitoring Capacity in Armenia is not directed against Iran, or any third country. It has a specific mandate, limited staff; consists of up to 40 EU civilian monitoring experts which will be deployed for a period of two months; ending in December 2022.
The EU Monitoring Capacity to Armenia will carry out 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.