BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 9. The deployment of a European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Armenia along the conditional border has heightened tensions in the South Caucasus, First Deputy Minister of Defense – Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Colonel General Karim Valiyev said in a meeting with the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff, Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan,
The Chief of the General Staff highlighted that the EUMM in Armenia, combined with military support from certain countries beyond the region, especially France, has stirred up revanchist sentiments in Armenia.
He pointed out that these developments create hurdles for normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and complicate the peace process, further intensifying tensions in the South Caucasus.
