(MENAFN- AzerNews) By trend
CEO of the lagazetteaz.fr online newspaper, founded by
Trend News Agency in France, Jean-Michel Brun published an article about another EU civilian mission on
the Azerbaijan-Armenia border and the reception of members of the
Armenian Diaspora by President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee
Palace, trend reports.
According to the article, this mission is being sent to continue
the first mission of 40 people sent for two months at the end of
last year after the agreement reached at the Prague meeting on
October 6, 2022 between the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, France
and the President of the Council of Europe.
'On the same day when the new EU mission was announced, the
French President received at the Elysee Palace the co-chairs of the
Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France, Murad
Papazian and Ara Toranian,” Brun writes.
“Ara Toranian, who is currently the director of the Les
Nouvelles d'Arménie website, was also the press secretary of ASALA
in the 80s, which is known as an organizer of many terrorist
attacks, in particular the terrorist attack at Orly airport in
1983. As for Murad Papazian, one of the leaders of the nationalist
Dashnak party [Armenian Revolutionary Federation], he is considered
to be a dangerous activist even in Armenia. He is banned from
entering the country,” he added.
Brun notes that an article published on the website of Les
Nouvelles d'Arménie states that the meeting was devoted to the
'threat of ethnic cleansing', which is allegedly directed, in
particular, against Armenians. Brun hopes that this does not
reflect the essence of the meeting, as the question may arise
whether France and the EU are well aware of the realities in the
region, otherwise, it does not promise the success of the next
mission at all.
On January 23, the EU decided to establish another mission in
Armenia, alongside the border with Azerbaijan.
The decision stated that the objective of the mission is to
promote stability in the border areas of Armenia, build confidence
on the ground, and ensure an environment conducive to EU-backed
normalization efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On October 17, 2022, the EU Council of Foreign Ministers at its
meeting decided to deploy nearly 40 EU observers in Armenia,
alongside the border with Azerbaijan, to monitor, analyze and
report on the situation in the South Caucasus. The EU Monitoring
Capacity in Armenia (EUMCAP) completed its activities on December
19, 2022.
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