Hypocrisy Patrol: Euro-spies' Binoculars Against Azerbaijan's Peaceful Agenda

The EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia (EUMA) published a post on the social network X, in which it announced with provocative self-satisfaction about an "important milestone," stating that 200 representatives from 25 EU member states and Canada are "patrolling day and night" the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

This is stated in a new issue of the Caliber.Az YouTube channel.

These words, even from a considerable distance, exude pride, delight, pathos, and generally sound as if Europe has just saved the world from nuclear war. However, to be frank, leaving aside all diplomatic courtesies, this statement is overtly cynical and provocative.

Cynical because this mission is on Armenian territory without Azerbaijan's consent, thus violating the basic principles of international law that presume respect for the sovereignty of a neighboring state, and provocative because it appeared at a moment when Azerbaijan is demonstrating real, not declarative, readiness for peace.

After all, today (October 21 - ed.) during his state visit to Kazakhstan, President Ilham Aliyev stated: "Azerbaijan has removed all restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia that existed since the occupation, and the first such transit cargo was Kazakh grain."

That is, our country is not just talking about peace - it is acting. The Azerbaijani state, 20% of whose territory was under Armenian occupation for almost three decades, during which Armenians barbarically looted our lands and destroyed cultural heritage, restored its sovereignty and territorial integrity by its own efforts. And this happened not thanks to, but despite the position of the world's leading powers, including the co-chair countries of the now defunct OSCE Minsk Group, one of which was France, which shows particular activity in EUMA.

Today, Azerbaijan has the right to demand that Armenia end the activities of this mission. If Yerevan is truly committed to peace, if it wants to develop transport and economic ties, if it is interested in trust, then why does it need foreign observers with binoculars and political instructions from Brussels? The question is by no means rhetorical, but one that requires immediate steps from the Armenian side.