Day: September 14, 2023
The EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA) says it is regularly patrolling the Yeraskh area.
“EUMA has been regularly patrolling in the Yeraskh area, including the steel plant, to observe any security and military developments,” the Mission said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“By our presence, we have contributed to safer and more secure environment,” EUMA said.
#EUMA has been regularly patrolling in the Yeraskh area, including the steel plant, to observe any security & military developments.
By our
presence, we have contributed to safer and more secure environment. pic.twitter.com/lMv3F1kgjZ
— European Union Mission in Armenia (@EUmARMENIA) September 14, 2023
In an earlier post, which was later deleted, EUMA said it was patrolling the area to observe and oversee the dismantling of the plant.
The smelter under construction in Armenia’s border community of Yeraskh has often been targeted by Azerbaijani forces. Two Indian nationals working on the site were wounded in one of the attacks.
While trade with neighboring Azerbaijan might improve the lot of Armenians, it would remove their leaders’ raison d’être, Azernews reports, citing an article in Politico by Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration.
