International Courant
GRANADA, Spain – The European Union on Thursday invited the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to talks to attempt to revive a peace course of that has been thrown into disaster by an Azerbaijani navy operation that has pushed greater than 100,000 ethnic Armenians into Nagorno-Karabakh to flee.
Charles Michel, the president of the European Council of EU leaders, mentioned he had invited Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Brussels earlier than the top of October.
“We consider in diplomacy. We consider in political dialogue,” Michel instructed reporters as he introduced the assembly at a summit within the Spanish metropolis of Granada of the European Political Group, a discussion board of greater than 40 nations.
Aliyev rejected a proposed assembly with Pashinyan, Michel and the leaders of France and Germany on the summit. However Michel mentioned he anticipated each side to attend the talks in Brussels, noting that Baku had mentioned it will take part in future EU-mediated conferences.
On the summit, leaders additionally pledged help to Armenia, which is combating the fallout from final month’s Azerbaijani navy operation to take management of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, populated primarily by ethnic Armenians.
Many EU leaders have condemned the Azerbaijani operation and a few governments have known as on the bloc to think about robust measures in opposition to Baku, which has urged professional motion to regain management of a part of its sovereign territory.
The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a decision accusing Baku of “ethnic cleaning” and urging the EU to impose sanctions on Azerbaijani officers answerable for ceasefire violations and human rights abuses in Nagorno-Karabakh .
However diplomats say they see no consensus amongst EU nations on sanctions in opposition to Azerbaijan, a rising provider of oil and gasoline to the EU, because the bloc turns away from Russian vitality following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
AID FOR ARMENIA
Given their variations over Azerbaijan, the leaders as an alternative centered on help to Armenia, similar to a lift in humanitarian help and pledges of financial and political help as Yerevan tries to distance itself from conventional ally Russia.
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned the EU will present a further 5.25 million euros ($5.53 million) in emergency help, on high of the introduced 5.2 million, to ease the plight of these fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh fled to Armenia.
After assembly Pashinyan in Granada, Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared “unwavering help for the independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Armenia.”
That assertion mirrored Armenian fears that Azerbaijan would launch a navy assault on its territory. Azerbaijan has insisted it has no intention of finishing up such an operation.
“Azerbaijan helps the direct and bilateral dialogue and negotiations on the method of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the peace treaty talks,” Hikmet Hajiyev, Aliyev’s overseas coverage adviser, wrote on social media platform X. ($1 = 0.9495 euros) REUTERS
The EU desires to revive peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan and assist Yerevan
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