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Granada, Spain—Europe’s quest to build a common geopolitical purpose brought four dozen of its leaders to Granada on Thursday, but its credibility suffered a blow when the Azerbaijani president stayed away.
But Aliyev has been angered by what he sees as French and German bias towards the Armenian position, and has refused to travel to the meeting. An Azerbaijani official said Aliyev would not attend because of “pro-Armenian statements by French officials” and because Paris has said it plans to deliver military equipment to Yerevan.
In Yerevan, Pashinyan told his parliament on Wednesday that he would still travel to Spain, and expressed regret he would not be meeting Aliyev. Since the fall of the Russian Empire, this mountainous region has been part of Azerbaijan, but it unilaterally proclaimed its independence with the support of Armenia when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
On Wednesday, the 27 EU members — which are also EPC countries — agreed on the outline of a migration reform package to go before the European Parliament to better share responsibility for undocumented arrivals.
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