RE: #Azerbaijan's no-show for the meeting with the EU, Armenia, France and Germany.
It's not much of a surprise. Since the end of the 2020 war, Baku has resisted France taking a formal role in the peace process as it sees it as biased in favor of Armenia.
A request for #Turkiye to take part would have been to act as a counterweight to that. (ie Armenia has its best friend at the table, so why can't we?)
Azerbaijan still says it will participate in a 3-way format with the EU and Armenia.
Under the leadership of #VonDerLeyen, the rising #geopoliticalpower in #EU has reflected the EU’s first-ever “state level” approach to the #KarabakhConflict. The recent escalation in Karabakh proves that the #EU lead mediation process has also failed.
"The EU condemns the military escalation along the Line of Contact & in other locations in Karabakh. We call for immediate cessation of hostilities & for Azerbaijan to stop military activities." Statement by @JosepBorrellF on military escalation in 🇦🇿⤵️
https://t.co/vM4zIM05Wp
Also, it is relevant to recall Pashinyan’s speech at the Council of Europe Summit. The Armenian president recognized Azerbaijan’s 86,600 square kilometers territory which includes Nagorno-Karabakh.
Rusland zegt dat ze niet zullen ingrijpen bij de momenteel gaande escalatie in Nagorno-Karabakh omdat het gebied volgens de VN bij Azerbeidzjan hoort. Oftewel: druk vergroten op Pashinyan en laten zien wie de baas is in de regio. Win-win voor Aliyev.
According to international law, the region of Karabakh is a part of Azerbaijan. As of right now, all of Azerbaijan’s military operations are taking place inside Azerbaijan. Armenia is not being invaded. Armenian troops *inside* Azerbaijan are being attacked. These are facts.
“Rostov is the most important military logistical hub for the Russian armed forces fighting in Ukraine. And yet there were not enough Russian military able or willing to stop Prigozhin taking over the local military HQ.
“A heavily armed Prigozhin then sat down to drink tea with an unarmed deputy defence minister and the deputy head of military intelligence, and moralized them like an angry school teacher. This is so surreal that any deep analysis is difficult at this point but the first round seems to have gone to Prigozhin”
@samdebendern, Associate Fellow @CHRussiaEurasia.
Why is the West so lenient towards #Armenia? It’s:
The most faithful ally of #Russia and #Iran
Supports Russia against #Ukraine
Shelters Russian companies from sanctions
Hosts 5,000 Russian troops
Sends troops to Syria to back up Russia and Iran
Helps Iran skirt sanctions
Today #Azerbaijan marks the birthday of its national hero of Jewish origin - Albert Agarunov, who fell during defense of #Shusha city from #Armenian occupation during the I Karabakh War. Shusha is now free!
Şəhidlərimiz qədər onların ailəsinə də borcluyuq! Bu insanlara xüsusi hörmət və diqqət mütləqdir! Bu işdə dövlətin rolu danılmazdır ancaq hər bir fərd, lazımı gələrsə bacardığı qədər, öz gücü çərçivəsində şəhid ailələrinə dəstək olmalıdır.
Cənab general mayor Hikmət Mirzoyev Şuşaya aparan yolda əməyiniz əvəzsizdir! Biz bu qələbədəki rolunuzu bilirik və sizə səmimi qəlbdən təşəkkür edirik!
@1VicePresident we appreciate all your work for keeping our cultural, historical, architectural heritage! Your works on building cultural and humanitarian relations with other countries are priceless!