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Elnur Enveroglu read more Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with President of the
European Council Charles Michel in Brussels in his visit to the
Kingdom of Belgium.
Having welcomed the restoration of the Brussels format of the
process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and
Armenia, both Azerbaijani and EU Council leaders first discussed
the developments related to Azerbaijan-Armenia relations in recent
months, the Washington negotiations, the situation on the
Azerbaijan-Armenia border, as well as the agenda of the trilateral
meeting held with the participation of President of Azerbaijan
Ilham Aliyev, President of the European Council Charles Michel and
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
In fact, in this meeting, the disappointment of the Prime
Minister of Armenia was of a clear manifestation of his failure;
for some reason, Pashinyan, who has been dreaming for France's
participation in the meeting for a long time, was looking destitute
and hopeless. This meeting shows that the Brussels format is being
restored, and after the meeting in Prague there were some problems
in the implementation of the Brussels format. So, as a result of
France's intervention, France and Armenia purposefully wanted to
hold a meeting in a quadrilateral format and worked in this
direction.
This time, the political power of Azerbaijan defeats the
French-Armenian duo and waters down their dreams; as a result,
thanks to Azerbaijan's will and firm position, a meeting is held in
the Brussels format, and this meeting takes place without
France.
As a matter of fact, both Pashinyan and his entourage did not
want to come, insisting that they would not participate in this
format. But in the end they had to come...
In general, in the Brussels format, Azerbaijan feels completely
comfortable in the meetings held in the trilateral format and does
not see any hostile attitude in this meeting. On the whole,
relations between the EU and Azerbaijan are normal, but France's
intervention has given the process a completely different
content.
In general, a country like France, which has taken a
pro-Armenian position and publicly demonstrates it, should not
interfere in the peace processes between the two countries. Such a
move could have seriously undermined the transparency of the
Brussels format. The fact that France did not participate in this
meeting, the gaps in both the internal and foreign policy of France
are of great importance here. The influence of France, for example,
within the EU itself has dramatically decreased in recent times.
This is a direct result of the reforms that Macron wants to
implement in France and the resistance of the French people and so
on, as well as the failed policies of France itself in Africa and
in various countries around the world. As a result, Pashinyan came
again, and here the Brussels peace agenda and Azerbaijan's will is
to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region. In other
words, it is the Armenian side that prevents the peace process to
realise.
Besides, it should be noted that the next meeting is expected in
Chisinau, the capital of Moldova - also with the participation of
France. However, the fact that Germany and France will participate
in the upcoming meeting of the European Political Union in Chisinau
will be purely informal. Within the framework of this forum, as a
whole, various external events and meetings are expected to be held
within the framework of every international event. In the framework
of such an external meeting, the participation of Germany and
France can be ensured and they can participate in an informal
way.
As regards the Germany's participation, it is of course, very
normal for Azerbaijan. Germany is a friendly partner state with
Azerbaijan which was tangible with its unequivocal position against
Armenia's policy of occupation. In the sense that Germany has
always said that we recognize the territorial integrity of all
countries, Azerbaijan. Moving borders by force is not acceptable
for Azerbaijan, and Germany's intervention in this process aims to
partially neutralize this position of pro-Armenian France. Germany
itself understood very well that French intervention could lead the
process in a negative direction.
In a nutshell, the Brussels format is restored. This meeting is
directly an example of it, and it has a trilateral nature,
EU-Azerbaijan-Armenia. There is no question of mediation here.
Charles Michel simply acts in a supporting role and function in the
proceedings. The basis of the Brussels peace agenda is the
normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the
signing of a peace treaty and the restoration of communications. In
this meeting, humanitarian issues, the problem of landmines, and
the problem of missing persons were of a very urgent nature.
Although Armenia spoke against holding the meeting in this format,
in the end, Pashinyan still gave his consent to participate in this
format and he came and participated at the meeting. As regards the
fourth party, i.e, France's participation, as we have seen, was
feasible. So, this means that Brussels meeting is the total
expression of Azerbaijan's political power, where Azerbaijan has
shown its will again.
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Elnur Enveroglu is AzerNews' deputy editor-in-chief, follow him
on @elnurmammadli1