Source: European Parliament
The High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) plans to visit Yerevan and Baku in the coming weeks. In Baku, the HR/VP intends to discuss matters of mutual interest, address human rights concerns and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus, including with respect to the normalisation process between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The EU is committed to phasing out its energy dependency on Russia, including through the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and efforts to diversify the supply of energy imports. Azerbaijan plays an important role in these diversification efforts.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have made progress in the delimitation and demarcation of their border over the past year, including the delimitation and demarcation of specific border sections in April 2024[1] and agreement on the sequence of future efforts in January 2025[2].
Since 1 November 2024, the ‘Regulation on the Joint Activities’ of the two sides’ respective State Commissions on Delimitation is guiding this process[3].
This is the first interstate document between the two countries since their independence and underscores the progress made in this particular area of the normalisation process.
The EU Mission in Armenia is tasked with observing and reporting along the Armenian side of the border with Azerbaijan, contributing to stability and human security and supporting confidence building[4]. It is not mandated to contribute to border delimitation or demarcation.
- [1] https://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/2024/04/19/8th_meeting/12606
- [2] https://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/2025/01/16/arm_az/13039
- [3] https://www.mfa.am/en/press-releases/2024/11/01/Arm_Az/12928
- [4] https://www.eeas.europa.eu/euma_en?s=410283;
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02023D0162-20230220&qid=1739465065211