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EUMM Georgia to deploy a transitional planning assistance team in Armenia as EUMCAP ends

EUMM Georgia to deploy a transitional planning assistance team in Armenia as EUMCAP ends

Dec 19, 2022 | , , , ,

Today, 19 December 2022, the European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) ended its short two-month mission in Armenia. Deployed as a result of the 6 October Prague meeting between European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, its short mission coincided with apparent signals  emanating from the 27 September meeting between senior Armenian and Azerbaijani officials in Washington D.C. that a peace deal between Yerevan and Baku could be signed by year’s end.

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Calls for the European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) in Armenia to be extended

Calls for the European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) in Armenia to be extended

Dec 10, 2022 | , , , ,

According to the Armenian Foreign Minister, Ararat Mirzoyan, the temporary European Union Monitoring Mission Capacity (EUMCAP) in Armenia will end on 20 December 2022. Requested by Mirzoyan on 22 September following fierce fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the border a week earlier, the decision to deploy came out the quadripartite meeting of the two leaders and European Council and French presidents, Charles Michel and Emmanuel Macron, in Prague on 6 October before being approved by EU member states on 17 October.

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EU Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) starts patrolling the Armenian Border with Azerbaijan

EU Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) starts patrolling the Armenian Border with Azerbaijan

Oct 27, 2022 | , , ,

Following the arrival of a technical assessment team to Armenia, a monitoring mission from the European Union today started patrolling the country’s border with Azerbaijan. The decision to deploy the 40 or so civilian monitors has been widely welcomed and applauded but it is important to realise what it is and what it isn’t. To begin with, or for now at least, it is not an indefinite presence in Armenia with a fixed term of just two months. That might seem short to many, but it’s also important to realise why.

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Armenia Seeks Security Outside Moscow’s Orbit

Armenia Seeks Security Outside Moscow’s Orbit

Apr 21, 2023 | , , , ,

Ten days ago, Transitions magazine published my latest on the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). Though the monitoring mission continues to be appreciated and welcomed in the country, there still remain overly high expectations of what is a small presence along a 1,000 kilometre border with no power or ability to deter any armed incidents or skirmishes.

Indeed, on the day of publication, four Armenian and three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed near the village of Tegh.

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Two-Year European Union Monitoring Mission Deployed in Armenia

Two-Year European Union Monitoring Mission Deployed in Armenia

Feb 28, 2023 | , ,

A week after the deployment of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), a dedicated 100-person strong observation of the country’s border with Azerbaijan, there’s still much that remains unknown about its activities. However, in two pieces published this week by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, I’ve tried to summarise what we do know. 

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European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) starts operations on border with Azerbaijan

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) starts operations on border with Azerbaijan

Feb 20, 2023 | , , ,

The 100-strong European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) today started its two year mission observing the border with Azerbaijan. The deployment follows the temporary two-month European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) that ended its duties on 19 December last year. Last week I completed a 1,200 word article on EUMA that includes comments from Armenian and Azerbaijani analysts as well as those involved in the EU’s recruitment process for the mission.

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Expectations, Hopes, and Fears accompany new European Union Mission in Armenia

Expectations, Hopes, and Fears accompany new European Union Mission in Armenia

Feb 1, 2023 | , , , ,

The International Crisis Group (ICG) has published a report on the potential role of the new European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) once it is deployed to patrol the country’s sometimes volatile border with Azerbaijan later this month. The mission, a dedicated deployment, is more on par with the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in neighbouring Georgia than the temporary and much shorter-term European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) that ended on 19 December last year.

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