DISINFO: The West does not strive for peace in Armenia and the South Caucasus
SUMMARY
Armenia is currently facing several challenges that cannot be resolved with the assistance of Western players. The US and the EU, unlike Russia, do not seek to establish peace and stability in the republic and the entire South Caucasus.
Their task is completely different: to push out Moscow and other regional powers, to create a new hotbed of tension after the Balkans, the Middle East, and Ukraine.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation, undermining mediation by Western countries in-between Armenia and Azerbaijan, accusing an ever-aggressive West of having an anti-Russian agenda in the Caucasus and about Russia as the ultimate target of international events.
Pro-Kremlin media promote the idea that the Caucasus is exclusively within Russia's zone of geopolitical dominance and attempts to discredit any other efforts of mediation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In fact, Western countries have made several attempts to advance a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
The EU has a strong interest in a politically stable and economically prosperous Southern Caucasus in full understanding with the states there. It took a prominent mediation role in negotiation and is committing to it.
In the European Council of 26-27 October 2023, EU leaders underlined their continued support for a sustainable and lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, based on the principles of recognition of sovereignty, inviolability of borders, and territorial integrity. The EU High Representative Josep Borrell called for the resumption of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on the work done by the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
The US and France, along with Russia, are members of the OSCE Minsk Group and involved in Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations since 1992.
To cautiously create a base for confidence-building and dialogue in the fresh post-war environment, the EU has come up with several programmes (EU4Peace, EU4Dialogue, EU4Culture).
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