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Progress in peace treaty between Baku & Yerevan key for EU economy

- By Peter Tase

In the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Biden - Harris Administra­tion has an important geopolitic­al asset and the most important strategic partner in Eurasia. The U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has prioritize­d the recent political and internatio­nal developmen­ts in the Caucasus; Azerbaijan has demonstrat­ed to be a highly reliable, peace loving partner; therefore the U. S. Government has decided to host and infuse a trilateral dialogue with the Government of Armenia. Washington, under the administra­tion of President Trump, has been reluctant to take the leadership role and promote peace and economic growth among the Southern Caucasus Republics. However, the government of President Biden has spared no effort to bring the Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict to the center stage of internatio­nal politics.

On May 1st, 2023, the ministers of foreign affairs of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Washington for another round of talks hosted by the United States that were aimed at hammering out a peace agreement between the two South Caucasus nations locked in a protracted conflict over Karabakh.

Before their meeting Armenia’s Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijan’s Jeyhun Bayramov met separately with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who had earlier expressed Washington’s

continued support for the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace efforts.

These discussion­s, perhaps were never going to take place, had the Second Karabakh War never happened. The Military - political structure of the Government of Azerbaijan, the strategic and technologi­cal support provided by the Republic of Turkiye and highly skilled personnel of Azerbaijan Armed Forces, made possible the formidable conduct during the Second Karabakh War in September - November

2020; this legendary milestone in the history of Eurasia (the most important event in XXI Century Europe), made possible a growing attention of U. S. Diplomacy and pressured European Union Leadership to study carefully the Armenian armed provocatio­ns in the Caucasus and invest more time towards a prosperous future for the people in the Southern Caucasus.

The most important geopolitic­al competitor­s of the United States, are exerting unbridled influence in the outskirts of Eastern Europe, and Washington is aware of these unpreceden­ted moves and the Peace Treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia is more important than ever for the people of Yerevan and for the European Economy. The Peace Treaty between both countries is indeed a pending geo-strategic matter that is seriously affecting the transatlan­tic partnershi­p and its protracted tendencies hinder NATO's military - intelligen­ce operations in other strategic flanks of Europe.

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