(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19 . The EU
Monitoring Capacity in Armenia (EUMCAP), launched in October,
completes its mandate today, trend reports, citing the European Council.
In this regard, the Council, in agreement with the Armenian
authorities, decided that the existing EU Monitoring Mission to
Georgia (EUMM Georgia) would send a transition planning assistance
team to Armenia, to raise the EU's awareness of the security
situation and to contribute to the planning and preparation of a
possible civilian CSDP mission.
'The deployment of 40 European monitoring experts has proved to
be effective and contributed to building confidence in an unstable
situation. Today we start a new phase in the EU's engagement in the
South Caucasus, with a transitional team that will prepare the
ground for a possible longer term EU mission in Armenia, with the
ultimate goal of contributing to sustainable peace in the region,'
osep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy said.
Meanwhile, based on the agreement between the leaders of
Azerbaijan, Armenia, European Council and France, the EUMCAP was
deployed on 20 October along the Armenian side of the international
border with Azerbaijan with the objective of monitoring, analyzing
and reporting on the situation on the ground.
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