No mention of EUMA in draft peace treaty, says Armenian security official

The draft peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan doesn’t include any mention of the EU monitoring mission (EUMA), a top security official has said.

“There is no mention of the EU monitoring mission in the peace treaty,” Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan told reporters when asked on the matter and the course of the peace talks. “There is a general wording about the presence of third forces, which can pertain to the EU too, but there is no specific mention of the EU monitoring mission.”

15 of the 17 articles have been agreed upon as a result of years’ work, he said, but the two outstanding articles are yet to be agreed upon.

“We were able to agree the fifteen articles as a result of many years of work. We still haven’t succeeded in terms of the last two, but Armenia will continue to work in this direction in order to be able to finalize these two articles as well. We are now holding discussions and we will send our reply when we are ready,” Grigoryan added.

One of the outstanding articles pertains to the presence of third forces on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, as well as the end to the so-called diplomatic war, Grigoryan said.

“There are differing approaches here and so far, no solution has been found,” he said.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan earlier said the two outstanding articles pertain to the presence of third forces along the border, and mutually abandoning international lawsuits against each other.

EUMA was launched in 2023 at the request of Armenia. The civilian mission observes and reports on the security situation along the Armenian side of the international border with Azerbaijan. In January 2025 the EU extended the mandate of the EUMA for a further two years.