Borrell announced that the EU civilian observation mission team is already in Armenia

The team of the EU civilian observation mission formed to be deployed on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is already in Armenia and will be deployed promptly, quoting the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

“Our team is already in Armenia. The mission will be launched promptly”, he said.

President of the European Council Charles Michel also welcomed the mission and noted that it can strengthen the trust (between Armenia and Azerbaijan) and enable the EU to better support the border commissions that will soon meet in Brussels.

Charles Michel welcomed the rapid deployment of monitoring capacity in Armenia along its international border with Azerbaijan

The President of the European Council Charles Michel welcomes the rapid deployment of monitoring capacity in Armenia along its international border with Azerbaijan following the meeting with Ilham Aliyev, Nikol Pashinyan, and Emmanuel Macron.

“It will help build confidence and allow EU to better support border commissions which will convene shortly in Brussels,” he wrote on Twitter.

Azerbaijan is looking for an excuse for new military aggression against Armenia. permanent international mechanisms are needed – Nikol Pashinyan

Azerbaijan attributes its own violations of the ceasefire regime to Armenia, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on Twitter.

“It is obvious that this is a pretext for new military aggression against Armenia. Permanent international mechanisms are necessary to maintain the ceasefire regime and ensure the security of the borders,” Pashinyan wrote.

Earlier he made another post, claiming that Armenia is waiting for a positive response from Azerbaijan regarding the opening of 3 checkpoints.

“A draft decision of the Armenian government on the opening of 3 checkpoints on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border to provide a connection between eastern Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan is being formally circulated for several months. The government of Armenia is waiting for a positive reaction from Azerbaijan,” he wrote.

It should be reminded that the National Security Service of Armenia has put into circulation a project that proposes to create checkpoints in some parts of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

Draft demanding sanctions against Azerbaijan in the French Senate, women’s demonstration in front of the French embassy in Baku

In the French Senate, it is proposed to adopt sanctions against Azerbaijan in connection with recent aggressions and the withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from the territory of Armenia, a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war, against which women protested in front of the French embassy in Baku.

The draft resolution, which was published on the official website of the upper house of the French Parliament, strongly condemns the Azerbaijani aggression in the Lachin Corridor connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in early August of this year and on September 13-14 in the southern and southeastern regions of the sovereign territory of Armenia.

Other News

• The deputies of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation, who visited Armenia on a four-day working visit, were in Jermuk on October 16, which was shelled by the Azerbaijani military on September 13, RA National Assembly informs.

• The congressional delegation led by David Price, the chairman of the Democratic Partnership Committee of the US House of Representatives, arrived in Yerevan, the official website of the National Assembly reports.

• The composition of the 2022-2026 judicial reform strategy monitoring board was approved. The president is Pashinyan.

• On October 16, at 6:45 pm, the units of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan opened fire from rifle weapons of different calibers in the direction of the Armenian positions located in the eastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, RA Ministry of Defense reports. As of now, the situation is relatively stable.