Anders Fogh Rasmussen does not believe that if the European Union (EU) civilian monitoring mission in Armenia leaves the country’s border with Azerbaijan, it will lead to negative consequences. The founding president of Rasmussen Global international political consultancy organization and NATO former Secretary General told about this to a press conference in Ijevan, Armenia on Thursday.

Rasmussen explained the aforesaid by noting that the signing of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will mean achieving mutual trust between the two parties.

The NATO former chief added that subsequently, other mechanisms will emerge to monitor the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in order to prevent violations of the provisions of the peace agreement.

Rasmussen noted that this is not about the presence of third forces. He said he knows that Azerbaijan, within the framework of the aforementioned peace treaty, demands the removal of EU monitor from the border, and Armenia, in fact, has agreed to resolve this matter in an appropriate manner.

Moreover, the EU monitors are not spies, they are not armed, they are neutral and simply monitor what is happening on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, concluded the NATO ex-Secretary General.