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

Dec 19, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

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.

EUMM Georgia to temporarily deploy on Armenia-Azerbaijan Border

Oct 17, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia is to temporarily deploy 40 of its civilian observers to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border for a maximum period of two months. The decision came during the 6 October meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Council Charles Michel in Prague.

EUMM/IWPR Cross Boundary Workshop for Journalists  

Dec 11, 2016 | European Union, Georgia, Media, Social Media

From the 21st to 25th November, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) and the South Caucasus office of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) convened a workshop and study visit for journalists from Georgia and its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and Georgia. The workshop was a follow up to one previously held a year ago in Istanbul, Turkey, and held with the intention of also introducing a new group of participants to European Union (EU) structures in Brussels.

Armenia Seeks Security Outside Moscow’s Orbit

Apr 21, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh, Russia

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.

Two-Year European Union Monitoring Mission Deployed in Armenia

Feb 28, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union

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.

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

Feb 1, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh, Russia

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.

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) to contribute to normalising relations with Azerbaijan

Jan 25, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Despite Baku’s concerns with this week’s decision to deploy a dedicated two-year European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), and with political tensions still heightened over the continuing impasse on the strategic Lachin Corridor, there could be some hope on the not too distant horizon. Possibly.

Final confirmation of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) expected on 23 January

Jan 17, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

As had been expected, a final decision on the deployment of a larger and longer-term Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civilian monitor mission to Armenia will be made by the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday, 23 January. This follows a preliminary decision already taken by the Political and EU Security Committee (PSC).

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) likely planned for February 2023

Jan 11, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

On 4 January, the European Union External Action Service (EEAS) posted a call for contributions to a new EU Mission to Armenia (EUMA) that would monitor the country’s fragile and sometimes volatile border with neighbouring Azerbaijan. Most positions for the civilian Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) mission would be secondments from EU countries and 69 are currently being advertised with a deadline of 19 January.

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

EUMM Georgia to temporarily deploy on Armenia-Azerbaijan Border

Armenia Seeks Security Outside Moscow’s Orbit

Two-Year European Union Monitoring Mission Deployed in Armenia

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

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) to contribute to normalising relations with Azerbaijan

Final confirmation of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) expected on 23 January

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) likely planned for February 2023

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