The failure to adequately address the humanitarian situation
in Nagorno-Karabakh could have a practical impact on Baku’s relations with the
EU. High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Josep Borrell said this.
“The EU will continue to impress on Baku the need to
urgently address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh,”
he wrote.
He noted that the EU remains heavily engaged at the highest
level in helping Armenia and Azerbaijan work towards mutually acceptable
normalisation of relations.
The statement reads that the suspension of the Memorandum of
Understanding on Energy signed on 18 July 2022 with Azerbaijan, part of the
EU’s efforts to diversify its energy sources, is currently not being
considered.
“The EU has been closely following developments in and
around the Lachin corridor and their humanitarian implications since the
beginning of December 2022. The EU has repeatedly called for the full opening
of the corridor,” reads the statement.
