Baku suspended several joint projects with the European Union

According to the report of the international group of Fars News Agency, the state news agency “Trend” of the Republic of Azerbaijan, citing diplomatic sources, reported that Baku has canceled a number of “Twinning” projects with the European Union. has suspended.

The European Union has defined Twinning as one of its tools for institutional cooperation between the member states of the Union and interest groups or partner countries. According to this definition, twinning projects bring together public sector specialists from EU member states and beneficiary countries with the aim of achieving concrete operational goals through face-to-face collaboration.

According to this report, “these cooperations do not seem possible due to the warnings and clear signals from the Armenian separatist, Josep Borrell, who is responsible for the foreign policy of the European Union. ».

Borrell said at the press conference on November 13 (Monday, November 22) in Brussels after the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting that any internal or external attempts to destabilize He was cautious about the situation in Armenia and declared in a message addressed to Baku: Any violation of the territorial integrity of Armenia is considered unacceptable and will lead to serious consequences in the quality of our relations. We demand the resumption of negotiations between Armenia and (the Republic of) Azerbaijan within the framework of the work done by the President of the Council of Europe, because we need it. It is possible to sign a peace agreement and we are committed to our role as a mediator.

These statements caused a sharp reaction from Baku, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan rejected Burrell’s statements. Read unacceptable. The Republic of Azerbaijan made accusations against Armenia and what it called Brussels’ indifference and lack of stance against Yerevan’s actions, and announced: The accusations were made by the representative of the European Union who did not make any effort to convince Armenia to act in line with the norms and principles of international law. is a threat to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. The fairness of our country in the face of threats in our independent lands is a source of serious concern.

Two neighboring republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia have been fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region for three decades. have been. The two countries do not have diplomatic relations and their common border is extremely strong.

In September, the Republic of Azerbaijan launched a lightning operation to take back this region, which is internationally recognized as belonging to Baku, but controlled by Armenians under the protection of Armenia since the 1990s. Did. This operation led to mass exodus of almost 120,000 Armenians from Karabakh to Armenia. The two countries have since expressed interest in signing a peace accord, although no tangible progress has been made.

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