European Parliament supports Armenia’s agenda of peace - MEP Nils Ušakovs

MEP Nils Ušakovs on Tuesday said that the European Parliament supports Armenia’s agenda of peace.

Speaking at the 4th Meeting of EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, Ušakovs, the co-chair of the committee, said that it is difficult to understand and comment on Azerbaijan’s reaction to Armenia’s agenda of peace.

He highlighted the development of security cooperation between the EU and Armenia.

“The European Union’s civilian mission [EUMA] has helped stabilize the situation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. Of course, Baku and Moscow are targeting this mission and making accusations. But a question arises, what kind of a threat can an unarmed, civilian mission pose? They are trying to view this as an obstacle for the peace treaty,” the MEP said.

Ušakovs said that while Azerbaijan is refusing to cooperate and is seeking to end EUMA, Armenia has presented a proposal on mutual arms control mechanisms. “And this is an example that Armenia is committed to the agenda of peace. And we support this. But it is very difficult to understand and comment on Azerbaijan’s reaction to all of this,” he said.