Yerevan November 22
Marianna Mkrtchyan. Baku resents of not receiving an invitation to participate in the tenth annual Assembly of the EU's Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, which is scheduled for December 10-12 in Tbilisi.
As haqqin.az writes, paradoxically, only representatives of the Azerbaijani government have not been invited to the event, which will be held under the auspices of the Eastern Partnership in Tbilisi, meanwhile at the debate, in particular on the issues of "Time for Change in the Eastern Partnership": are we coping ? "the speeches of Vice-Premier of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Vice-Premier of Moldova Yuri Leanca, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Oleg Kravchenko, Acting Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan are scheduled.
At the same time, the Internet portal, citing diplomatic sources in Brussels, writes that in the European Union it was decided to limit the participation of official Baku by a representative of the Azerbaijani embassy in Georgia, moreover, the Azerbaijani diplomat will participate in the meeting as an observer.
"According to diplomatic sources, the head of the Armenian government Nikol Pashinyan will take part in the Assembly as an honorary guest. The European Union invited the Armenian prime minister to take part in the discussion on December 11. It is noteworthy that the involvement of the Prime Minister of Armenia in the Assembly's work will take place the very next day after parliamentary elections in Armenia, and apparently, Pashinyan uses the platform provided for him to declare victory of democratic values in his country. However, according to the Brussels diplomats, the absence of representatives of the Azerbaijani government at the discussion platform of the Eastern Partnership can not at all be associated with Pashinyan's supposed victorious march. Most likely, the reason is the draft Final Declaration that will be brought to the Assembly's members. The draft declaration recognizes territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of Ukraine and Georgia in the context of the "aggressive policy" of Russia and there is no identical wording expressing the attitude of the European public to the integrity of Azerbaijan and the consequences of the Karabakh conflict ", haqqin.az writes.
At the same time, the site, referring to sources in the government of Azerbaijan, notes that official Baku plans to enter into a dialogue with the EU and official Tbilisi, and begin a trial around the current situation: "The perplexity of the Azerbaijani government causes this frankly scandalous and provocative situation on the territory of the strategic ally of official Baku – friendly Georgia." To recall, the Eastern Partnership is a special project of the European Union, created for the development of EU integration ties with six post- Soviet countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.