The first assembly of the brand new European Political Community (EPC) introduced in combination some leaders that might no longer normally wish to be noticed in combination.
None extra so than the ones of Azerbaijan and Armenia after a dangerous outbreak of violence between the 2 international locations lately.
But Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev and Armenia high minister Nikol Pashinyan sat down for talks along Emmanuel Macron and Charles Michel, who heads up the European Council, a frame that brings in combination leaders of EU international locations.
Armenia agreed to “facilitate a civilian EU mission alongside the border with Azerbaijan”, in line with a joint commentary launched early on Friday.
Azerbaijan “agreed to cooperate with this mission as far as it is concerned,” the commentary added.
Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiated a cease-fire to finish a flare-up of combating that killed 155 infantrymen from either side.
The ex-Soviet international locations were locked in a decades-old warfare over Nagorno-Karabakh, which is a part of Azerbaijan however has been below the keep watch over of ethnic Armenian forces subsidized through Armenia since a separatist struggle there led to 1994.
The inaugural assembly of the EPC introduced in combination 44 international locations within the Czech capital Prague on Thursday, together with the 27 participants of the European Union, in addition to international locations recently within the quite a lot of phases of becoming a member of the bloc: Albania, Moldova, the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Other individuals integrated: Georgia, Kosovo, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
