(1)

On 12 August 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/452/CFSP (1), which extended the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (‘EUMM Georgia’), established by Council Joint Action 2008/736/CFSP (2).

(2)

On 3 December 2020, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2020/1990 (3), extending EUMM Georgia until 14 December 2022.

(3)

On 6 October 2022, on the occasion of the meeting of the European Political Community held in Prague, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan confirmed their commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and to the Declaration agreed in Alma-Ata on 21 December 1991, in which both States recognised each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The two States moreover agreed in principle to the deployment of an EU civilian CSDP Mission alongside their common international border with a view to contributing to the restoration of peace and security in the area, to the building of confidence and to the delimitation of the international border between the two States.

(4)

In a letter received by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on 22 September 2022, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia invited the Union to deploy a civilian CSDP monitoring Mission in Armenia for those purposes.

(5)

In order to ensure a swift temporary deployment of EU observers, the task should be given to EUMM Georgia. The task is temporary and, in principle, will not last longer than two months.

(6)

Decision 2010/452/CFSP should be amended accordingly.

(7)

EUMM Georgia will be conducted in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could impede the achievement of the objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty,