The EU strategy of equidistance between Armenia and
Azerbaijan has failed. We must now act quickly and decisively to prevent ethnic
cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and an attack on the territory of Armenia. Chair
of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Michael Roth made an X (Twitter)
post on this.
“This is the only language that autocrats like Aliyev
understand. The EU needs to get a political and economic sanctions regime in
place as soon as possible to bring Baku back to the negotiating table. I
welcome the ceasefire, but it should not be used to displace civilian
population in Nagorno-Karabakh,” he wrote.
Roth added that they should significantly strengthen the EU
civilian mission EUMA to further monitor the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani border
and line of contact to stabilize the situation and identify possible Azerbaijan
attacks on Armenian territory.
