STRASBOURG — September 4, 2025.
The European Union welcomed the August 8 agreement initialed at the White House by Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev—in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump—calling it a “significant breakthrough” and urging swift signing and ratification of the peace treaty.
In a statement delivered at the Council of Europe, the EU said the accord builds on the finalized text reached in bilateral talks last March and anchors full normalization on mutual recognition of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and inviolability of borders in line with the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration. The Union added that implementing the agreed steps should bring the South Caucasus closer to sustainable peace and shared prosperity.
The EU reiterated readiness to work with partners on practical implementation of next steps. A group of European states aligned with the statement, including Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
