Ambassadors of the European Union (EU) countries have approved—in Brussels a few hours ago—a decision on the mandate of the EU civilian monitoring mission in Armenia, according to which the European monitors will remain in the border regions of Armenia for another two years, until February 19, 2027, reports RFE/RL.

According to Rikard Jozwiak, the Europe editor for RFE/RL in Prague, the EU has left unchanged the mission's mandate—which was given two years ago—to contribute to a reduction in the number of incidents in the border and conflict-affected regions of Armenia, to reduce the level of risk for the people living in these regions, and thereby contribute—on the ground—to the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.

The composition and the number of monitors of this mission, according to the draft decision, will remain unchanged: 165 international and 44 Armenian staff.

According to the EU mission in Armenia, this decision should also be approved in the near future by the foreign ministers of the EU member states, which is actually a formality, since these ambassadors today expressed the respective point of view of their governments by voting in favor of the draft decision.

According to the official statement, the mission's monitoring zone extends along the entire Armenian-Azerbaijani border, including the Nakhichevan section.