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MassisPost (7 October 2024)

An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Monday that the European Union is planning to triple the number of monitors deployed along Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, a mission strongly opposed by both Russia and Azerbaijan.

“The activities of the EU mission in Armenia are not welcomed, and this mission is unfortunately growing,” said Yury Ushakov, according to Russian news agencies. “In June, it consisted of 138 people, and now there are already about 210 working there. It is expected that their number will increase to 600. We can, of course, clearly imagine what they are doing there.”

The EU mission was launched in February 2023 at the request of the Armenian government, with the stated aim of preventing or reducing ceasefire violations along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. The EU decided late last year to increase its personnel from 138 to 209.

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