#Azerbaijan: President Aliyev visited Russia, where he thanked Putin for two important issues. First, he highlighted Putin's personal involvement that led to the stabilization of the situation in the Karabakh region. Second, Aliyev welcomed the 200k supply of Sputnik V⤵️
However, the Azerbaijani leader slipped a few words about pending vaccine deliveries. Aliyev has reiterated that amid the queue for Sputnik V requests, Russia should keep Azerbaijan at the forefront, given the friendly relations. Aliyev interesting comments about the tens of⤵️
thousands of Azerbaijani students studying in Russia or in Russian universities in Azerbaijan. It’s important to recall that before this visit to Moscow, Aliyev met with the European Council Charles Michel in Baku. Aliyev did not thank the EU for anything particular. Instead,⤵️
he showed confidence that the EU & the MSs are interested in Azerbaijan as a “strategic partner”. The flattering tone, especially about energy, was quite visible in Michel's voice. The EU has the weakest influence in Azerbaijan of the entire EaP region. In part, this is due to⤵️
the existing influence of Russia (including soft power) & growing Turkish presence. Paradoxically, but neither Russia nor the EU are able to effectively prevent tensions in the segments of the borders between Azerbaijan and Armenia that before the war were under Armenia’s⤵️
control. Delimitation and demarcation is the only long-term solution that could be resolved by an international mission (UN or OSCE), not by a particular group of countries and even less by a trilateral Russia-Turkey-EU task force.

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#NordStream2: The US-Germany agreement was signed. Here is my take on it: 1) The agreement is a compilation of aspects ranging from insecurities related to Russia to the general climate crisis and energy modernization of Ukraine. 2) From the beginning, it is obvious that both⤵️
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#AssociatedTrio: The presidents of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine signed the first declaration of the heads of the countries of the “Associated Trio”. Charles Michel proudly watched the three sign the declaration that reiterated European integration as a strategic objective.
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2) Voters in Germany and Italy, where there is a high concentration of Moldovan and diaspora immigrants, line up to vote.
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