EU has gained a foothold in Georgia and will now try to do the same in
Armenia and Azerbaijan
2009-11-14 20:12:00
ArmInfo. In the coming half a year the EU will be very busy with its
own affairs. It will introduce the post of EU Foreign Minister, who
will be provided with very broad competences, particularly, in
resolving territorial conflicts like the one in Nagorno-Karabakh,
Program Director for Russia-Eurasia of the German Council on Foreign
Relations Alexander Rahr said in an interview to ArmInfo.
The EU FM will have its office. Some special representatives will most
probably be changed. Rahr does not expect quick or drastic changes but
is sure that the European foreign policy will be very active in the
South Caucasus. As a result of the Russian-georgian conflict, the EU
has gained a foothold in Georgia and now will try to do the same in
Armenia and Azerbaijan.
It seems that the EU is not sure what to do with the upper hand it has
gained in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process but it knows that
something must be done. It may so happen that Armenia will be
pressured into giving back the territories surrounding
Nagorno-Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh will be granted some more specific
status and some troops, probably, European, will be send to keep peace
in the area.